sceawian
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną. Cognate with Old Frisian skawia, Old Saxon skawon, Old Dutch skouwon (Dutch schouwen), Old High German scouwōn (German schauen).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sċēawian
- to watch or look at
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
- On ōðre wīsan wē sċēawiaþ mētinge and on ōðre wīsan stafas. Ne gǣþ nā māre tō mētinge būtan þæt þū hit ġesēo and herie. Nis nā ġenōg þæt þū stafas sċēawiġe būtan þū hīe ēac rǣde and þæt andġiet understande.
- We look at pictures in one way and letters in another. You don't do anything with a painting except see it and praise it. Looking at letters is not enough unless you also read them and understand the meaning.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of our Lord"
- We mihton eow secgan ane lytle bysne, gif hit to wáclic nære; Scēawa nú on anum æge, hú þæt hwite ne bið gemenged to ðam geolcan, and bið hwæðere án æg. Nis eac Cristes godcundnys gerunnen to ðære menniscnysse, ac he þurhwunað þeah á on ecnysse on anum hade untotwæmed.
- We might tell unto you a little simile, if it were not too mean; Look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg. Nor also is Christ's divinity confounded with human nature, but he continueth to all eternity in one person undivided.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"
- to examine, scrutinize
- to show (+accusative)
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- ...Gyf ðū ēnigne gōdne heorde hæbbe þe wel cunne healdan þæt þæt þū gestrēone and him befæste, scēawa hyne me;
- ...If thou have any good steward that can well hold that which thou gettest and committest unto him, show him to me;...
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sċēawian (weak class 2)
| infinitive | sċēawian | sċēawienne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | sċēawiġe | sċēawode |
| second person singular | sċēawast | sċēawodest |
| third person singular | sċēawaþ | sċēawode |
| plural | sċēawiaþ | sċēawodon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | sċēawiġe | sċēawode |
| plural | sċēawiġen | sċēawoden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | sċēawa | |
| plural | sċēawiaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| sċēawiende | (ġe)sċēawod | |
Derived terms edit
- besċēawian
- foresċēawian
- ġeondsċēawian
- ġesċēawian
- ofersċēawian
- sċēawere
- sċēawiend
- sċēawung
- ymbsċēawian