toscriþan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *teskrīþaną. Equivalent to tō- +‎ sċrīþan. Cognate with Old Saxon teskrīdan (“to dissolve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoːˌʃriː.θɑn/, [ˈtoːˌʃriː.ðɑn]

Verb

tōsċrīþan

1. to flow in different directions, disperse

Conjugation

Conjugation of tōsċrīþan (strong class 1)

infinitive	tōsċrīþan	tōsċrīþenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	tōsċrīþe	tōsċrāþ
second person singular	tōsċrīst	tōsċride
third person singular	tōsċrīþþ, tōsċrīþ	tōsċrāþ
plural	tōsċrīþaþ	tōsċridon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	tōsċrīþe	tōsċride
plural	tōsċrīþen	tōsċriden
imperative
singular	tōsċrīþ
plural	tōsċrīþaþ
participle	present	past
	tōsċrīþende	tōsċriden

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “tōsċrīþan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.