*skrīþaną

Runic: ᛊᚲᚱᛁᚦᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈskriː.θɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 1

Meanings

to walk, glide, crawl

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreyt- (‘to stride’), which Kroonen assumes may be an extension of a root *(s)krey- (‘to go about’) shared with Baltic, the latter whose forms are extended as *(s)kreydʰ-; comparanda include Lithuanian skri̇̀sti (‘to rush, run’), skraidùs (‘fast’), skriẽti (‘to circle, fly in circles’), Latvian skrìedinât (‘to drive’), skrìet (‘to run, fly’). Whether the root *skrey- is related to *(s)ker- (‘to twist, turn, bend’) is uncertain.

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	skrīþō	skrīþaų	–
2nd singular	skrīþizi	skrīþaiz	skrīþ
3rd singular	skrīþidi	skrīþai	skrīþadau
1st dual	skrīþōz	skrīþaiw	–
2nd dual	skrīþadiz	skrīþaidiz	skrīþadiz
1st plural	skrīþamaz	skrīþaim	–
2nd plural	skrīþid	skrīþaid	skrīþid
3rd plural	skrīþandi	skrīþain	skrīþandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	skrīþai	–
2nd singular	skrīþazai	skrīþaizau
3rd singular	skrīþadai	skrīþaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	skrīþandai	skrīþaindau
2nd plural	skrīþandai	skrīþaindau
3rd plural	skrīþandai	skrīþaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	skraiþ	skridį̄
2nd singular	skraist	skridīz
3rd singular	skraiþ	skridī
1st dual	skridū	skridīw
2nd dual	skridudiz	skridīdiz
1st plural	skridum	skridīm
2nd plural	skridud	skridīd
3rd plural	skridun	skridīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
skrīþaną	skrīþandz	skridanaz

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Descendants

*skrīþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *skrītha, skrīda (Old Frisian)
*skrīþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *scrīthan (Old Dutch)
  - schriden (Middle Dutch)
    - schrijden (Dutch)
*skrīþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- sċrīþan (Old English)
  - shrithe (English)
*skrīþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- skrītan, scrītan (Old High German)
  - schrīten (Middle High German)
    - schreiten (German)
*skrīþan (Proto-West Germanic)
- scrīthan, skrīdan (Old Saxon)
  - schrîden (Middle Low German)
    - schrieden (Low German)
skríða (Old Norse)
- skríða (Faroese)
- skríða (Icelandic)
- skrithen, scrithen (Middle English)
- écriller, égriller, griller (Norman)
- skrida, skri (Norwegian Nynorsk)
skríða (Old Norse)
- skrithæ, *skrithlæ (Old Danish)
  - skride (Danish)
    - skride, skri (Norwegian Bokmål)
skríða (Old Norse)
- skridha, *skridhla (Old Swedish)
  - skrida, skrilla (Swedish)

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