hyscan

Old English

Alternative forms

• hisċan, hyxan, hyhsan, hihsan, hnysċan, hisċean

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *huskijan, equivalent to husċ (“insult, scorn, scoffing, mockery”) +‎ -an. See also hux, hucs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxyʃ.ʃɑn/, [ˈhyʃ.ʃɑn]

Verb

hysċan

1. (transitive) to mock, deride, taunt, reproach

Conjugation

Conjugation of hysċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	hysċan	hysċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	hysċe	hysċte
second person singular	hysċest, hysċst	hysċtest
third person singular	hysċeþ, hysċþ	hysċte
plural	hysċaþ	hysċton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	hysċe	hysċte
plural	hysċen	hysċten
imperative
singular	hysċ
plural	hysċaþ
participle	present	past
	hysċende	(ġe)hysċed

Derived terms

• āhysċan
• ġehysċan
• hysċend
• onhysċan

Descendants

• Middle English: *hushen, houshen
• ⇒ Middle English: forhushen
  • English: forhush

References

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