sciene

See also: sciène

Old English

Alternative forms

• sċēne, sċēone, sċīone
• sċīne, sċȳne (West Saxon)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱown- (“quick, dashing, beautiful”).

Cognate with Old Frisian skēne (“beautiful”), Old Saxon skōni (“shiny, beautiful”), Old High German scōni (“handsome, brilliant, pure, lovely, good, pleasant”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌽𐍃 (skauns, “beautiful”), Middle Dutch scone (“beautiful, bright”), Dutch schoon (“beautiful”), German schön (“beautiful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃi͜yː.ne/

Adjective

sċīene (comparative sċīenra, superlative sċīenost) (West Saxon)

1. beautiful, fair, bright

   Hyrsta scȳne, bord and brād swyrd, brūne helmas

   excellent/beautiful gear, shield and broad sword, brown helmets

   (Judith)

2. brilliant, light, shining

Declension

Declension of sċīene — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċīene	sċīenu, sċīeno	sċīene
Accusative	sċīenne	sċīene	sċīene
Genitive	sċīenes	sċīenre	sċīenes
Dative	sċīenum	sċīenre	sċīenum
Instrumental	sċīene	sċīenre	sċīene
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċīene	sċīena, sċīene	sċīenu, sċīeno
Accusative	sċīene	sċīena, sċīene	sċīenu, sċīeno
Genitive	sċīenra	sċīenra	sċīenra
Dative	sċīenum	sċīenum	sċīenum
Instrumental	sċīenum	sċīenum	sċīenum

Declension of sċīene — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċīena	sċīene	sċīene
Accusative	sċīenan	sċīenan	sċīene
Genitive	sċīenan	sċīenan	sċīenan
Dative	sċīenan	sċīenan	sċīenan
Instrumental	sċīenan	sċīenan	sċīenan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċīenan	sċīenan	sċīenan
Accusative	sċīenan	sċīenan	sċīenan
Genitive	sċīenra, sċīenena	sċīenra, sċīenena	sċīenra, sċīenena
Dative	sċīenum	sċīenum	sċīenum
Instrumental	sċīenum	sċīenum	sċīenum

Derived terms

• ælfsċīene (“beautiful, beauty”)

Descendants

• Middle English: schene, schen, schone, shone
  • English: sheen
  • Middle Scots: schene, scheine

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916), “scyne, scīene”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “scyne, scīne”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Further reading

• Joseph Wright; Elizabeth Mary Wright (1908), Old English Grammar (The Students' Series of Historical and Comparative Grammars)‎, London, New York and Toronto: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, page 65