scudden

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skuddjan, from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kuh₁t-yé-ti; probably related to *skundijaną (“to speed up, drive”).

Verb

scudden

1. to shake, to rid oneself of

Inflection

Conjugation of scudden (weak class 1)

infinitive	scudden
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	scuddo, scuddon	scudda
2nd person singular	scuddis	scuddos
3rd person singular	scuddit	scudda
1st person plural	scuddun	scuddon
2nd person plural	scuddit	scuddot
3rd person plural	scuddunt	scuddon
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	scudde	scuddi
2nd person singular	scuddis	scuddis
3rd person singular	scudde	scuddi
1st person plural	scuddin	scuddin
2nd person plural	scuddit	scuddit
3rd person plural	scuddin	scuddin
imperative	present
singular	scuddi
plural	scuddit
participle	present	past
	scuddendi	scut, giscut

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: schudden
  • Dutch: schudden
    • Afrikaans: skud
    • Negerhollands: skud, skyd
  • Limburgish: sjödde

Further reading

• “skudden”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Yola

Verb

scudden

1. alternative form of scuddeen
   • 1927, “A YOLA ZONG”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 4:

     Huck nigher, y'art scudden; fartoo zo haachee?

     Come nearer; you're shrugging, why so ill-tempered?

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎, volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 128