scufan

Old English

Alternative forms

• sċēofan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skeuban, from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-.

Cognate with Old Frisian skūva (West Frisian skowe), Middle Low German schūven (Low German schuven), Middle Dutch scūven (Dutch schuiven), Old High German skioban, sciopan (German schieben), Old Norse skúfa (Faroese skúgva, Danish skubbe, Swedish skuffa), Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌽 (afskiuban).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃuː.fɑn/, [ˈʃuː.vɑn]

Verb

sċūfan

1. to push, shove
   • "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 rose up and thrust him out of the city, and they brought him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might shove him down headlong.

2. to launch (a ship)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sċūfan (strong class 2)

infinitive	sċūfan	sċūfenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	sċūfe	sċēaf
second person singular	sċȳfst	sċufe
third person singular	sċȳfþ	sċēaf
plural	sċūfaþ	sċufon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sċūfe	sċufe
plural	sċūfen	sċufen
imperative
singular	sċūf
plural	sċūfaþ
participle	present	past
	sċūfende	(ġe)sċofen

Derived terms

• besċūfan
• ġesċūfan

Descendants

• Middle English: schouven, shoven
  • English: shove
  • Scots: shuve