scinan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skīnaną, from an Proto-Indo-European root *skai-, *ski-. Cognate with Old Frisian skīna (West Frisian skine, skyne), Old Saxon skīnan (Low German schienen), Old Dutch skīnan (Dutch schijnen), Old High German skīnan (German scheinen), Old Norse skína (Danish skinne, Swedish skina), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 (skeinan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá), Proto-Slavic *sěnь (Russian сень (senʹ)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːnɑn/

Verb

sċīnan

to shine

Conjugation

Conjugation of sċīnan (strong class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	sċīnan	tō sċīnenne
1st-person singular	sċīne	sċān
2nd-person singular	sċīnest	sċine
3rd-person singular	sċīneþ	sċān
plural	sċīnaþ	sċinon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	sċīne	sċine
plural	sċīnen	sċinen
imperative
singular	sċīn
plural	sċīnaþ
participle	present	past
	sċīnende	(ġe)sċinen

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: schinen, scinen, sinen, schynen, shinen, shynen, shyne, schyne, schine, shine, schyn, schinin, ssine
- English: shine
- Scots: shine, shyne

Old Saxon

Verb

scinan

Alternative spelling of skinan

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