*skrepaną

Runic: ᛊᚲᚱᛖᛈᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈskre.pɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 5

Meanings

to scratch, scrape

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-b- (‘to scratch, to engrave’). The current form with -p- was influenced by the iteratives, the presumed primary form *skrebaną (‘to scratch’) is unattested.

Related to *skerpaną and *skerbaną (‘to scratch’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularskrepōskrepaų–
2nd singularskripiziskrepaizskrep
3rd singularskripidiskrepaiskrepadau
1st dualskrepōzskrepaiw–
2nd dualskrepadizskrepaidizskrepadiz
1st pluralskrepamazskrepaim–
2nd pluralskripidskrepaidskripid
3rd pluralskrepandiskrepainskrepandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularskrepai–
2nd singularskrepazaiskrepaizau
3rd singularskrepadaiskrepaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralskrepandaiskrepaindau
2nd pluralskrepandaiskrepaindau
3rd pluralskrepandaiskrepaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularskrapskrēpį̄
2nd singularskraftskrēpīz
3rd singularskrapskrēpī
1st dualskrēpūskrēpīw
2nd dualskrēpudizskrēpīdiz
1st pluralskrēpumskrēpīm
2nd pluralskrēpudskrēpīd
3rd pluralskrēpunskrēpīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
skrepaną skrepandz skrepanaz

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Descendants

  • *skrepan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *skrepan (Old Dutch)
      • schrēpen (Middle Dutch)
  • *skrepan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sċrepan (Old English)
      • screpen, schrepen (Middle English)
  • *skrepan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *skrepfan, *skreffan (Old High German)
      • schepfen, schreffen, schrefen, schreven (Middle High German)
        • schröpfen (German)
  • *skrepan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *skrepan (Old Saxon)
      • schrēpen (Middle Low German)

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