schewen

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

• schawen, schewe, schowen

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

• “sheuen, v.¹”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

schewen

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