sciftan
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną, *skiptijaną, from earlier *skipatjaną (“to organise, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyb- (“to separate, divide, part”), from Proto-Indo-European *skēy- (“to cut, divide, separate, part”).
Conjugation
Conjugation of sċiftan (weak class 1)
| infinitive | sċiftan | sċiftenne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | sċifte | sċifte |
| second person singular | sċiftest, sċifst, sċiftst | sċiftest |
| third person singular | sċifteþ, sċift | sċifte |
| plural | sċiftaþ | sċifton |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | sċifte | sċifte |
| plural | sċiften | sċiften |
| imperative | ||
| singular | sċift | |
| plural | sċiftaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| sċiftende | (ġe)sċifted | |
Derived terms
- ġesċiftan
- tōsċiftan
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sċiftan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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