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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skaþjaną. Equivalent to *skaþō (“damage, destruction”) + *-jan.
Verb
*skaþþjan[1]
- to harm
Inflection
| Strong class 6 j-present
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| Infinitive
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*skaþþjan
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| 1st sg. past
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*skōþ
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| 3rd pl. past
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*skōdun
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| Past ptcple
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*skadan
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| Infinitive
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*skaþþjan
|
| Genitive infin.
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*skaþþjannjas
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| Dative infin.
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*skaþþjannjē
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| Instrum. infin.
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*skaþþjannju
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| Indicative
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*skaþþju
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*skōþ
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| 2nd singular
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*skaþiʀi
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*skōdī
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| 3rd singular
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*skaþidi
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*skōþ
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| 1st plural
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*skaþþjum
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*skōdum
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| 2nd plural
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*skaþid
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*skōdud
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| 3rd plural
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*skaþþjand
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*skōdun
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| Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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| 1st singular
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*skaþþjē
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*skōdī
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| 2nd singular
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*skaþþjēs
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*skōdī
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| 3rd singular
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*skaþþjē
|
*skōdī
|
| 1st plural
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*skaþþjēm
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*skōdīm
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| 2nd plural
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*skaþþjēþ
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*skōdīd
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| 3rd plural
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*skaþþjēn
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*skōdīn
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| Imperative
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Present
|
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| Singular
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*skaþi
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| Plural
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*skaþid
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|
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Present
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Past
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| Participle
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*skaþþjandī
|
*skadan
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Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[skaþʲþʲan]”
