schewen

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English scēawian, from Proto-West Germanic *skawwōn, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-.

Alternative forms

Verb

schewen (third-person singular simple present scheweth, present participle schewende, schewynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle schewed)

  1. to show (bring to the attention of others)
Conjugation
Conjugation of schewen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) schewen, schewe
present tense past tense
1st-person singular schewe schewed
2nd-person singular schewest schewedest
3rd-person singular scheweth schewed
subjunctive singular schewe
imperative singular —
plural1 schewen, schewe scheweden, schewede
imperative plural scheweth, schewe —
participles schewynge, schewende schewed, yschewed

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
  • English: show (archaic shew)
  • Scots: shaw, shaa
References

Etymology 2

Verb

schewen

  1. Alternative form of sowen (“to sow”)
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