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Old English
Etymology
From be- + sċūfan.
Pronunciation
Verb
besċūfan
- to shove, throw, project, thrust
- "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 4, verse 29
And hiġ ārīson and scūfon hine of ðǣre ceastre. And lǣddon hine ofer ðæs muntes cnæpp. Ofer þone hyra buruh ġetimbrud wæs. þ hī hyne nyðer bescūfon.- And they arose and shoved him from the city. And led him over the mount's top. Over that their city was built. That they thrusted him downward.
Conjugation