skewen

See also: Skewen

Middle English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskiu̯ən/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Northern French escuer, from Frankish *skiuhijan; a doublet of eschewen.

Alternative forms

• skewe

Verb

skewen (third-person singular simple present skeweth, present participle skewende, skewynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle skewed) (rare)

1. To escape or flee; to avoid harm.
2. To move or run diagonally.

Conjugation

Conjugation of skewen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) skewen, skewe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	skewe	skewed
2nd-person singular	skewest	skewedest
3rd-person singular	skeweth	skewed
subjunctive singular	skewe
imperative singular		—
plural1	skewen, skewe	skeweden, skewede
imperative plural	skeweth, skewe	—
participles	skewynge, skewende	skewed, yskewed

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

Descendants

• English: skew
• Scots: skew, skyow

References

• “skeuen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From skew (“sky”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Verb

skewen (third-person singular simple present skeweth, present participle skewende, skewynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle skewed)

1. (hapax, of a waterbody) To darken due to cloud cover.

Conjugation

Conjugation of skewen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) skewen, skewe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	skewe	skewed
2nd-person singular	skewest	skewedest
3rd-person singular	skeweth	skewed
subjunctive singular	skewe
imperative singular		—
plural1	skewen, skewe	skeweden, skewede
imperative plural	skeweth, skewe	—
participles	skewynge, skewende	skewed, yskewed

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

References

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