scien

scien

English

Noun

scien

1. Obsolete spelling of scion
   • 1658: John Milton, To the Evangelick Cities of the Switzers; reprinted in:
   • 1851: John Mitford, The works of John Milton in verse and prose, printed from the original editions with a life of the author by the Rev. John Mitford, volume VIII (Prose works, volume VI), § 3 : “ Letters written in the Name of Oliver The Protector,” page 404 ^{〃 〃 〃 〃} (London : William Pickering)

     It ſeems to be only in your Power, next under God, to prevent the extirpation of this moſt antient Scien of the purer Religion, in theſe remainders of the Primitive Believers; whoſe preſervation, now reduc’d to the very brink of utter ruin, if you neglect, beware that the next Turn be not your own.

Anagrams

• *nices, censi, escin, icens, nices, since, snice

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skiuhijan, derived from *skeuh (Old English sċēoh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi͜yːn/

Verb

sċīen

1. to be frightened or startled; recoil in fear
   • c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints

     Þā sċīedon þā mūlas þe þæt cræt tugon, þurh his tōcyme āfyrhte, and tōmengdon þā ġetogu þæt hīe tēon ne meahton.

     The mules pulling the chariot jumped back, frightened at his approach, and tangled the traces so that they couldn't pull.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sċīen (weak class 1)

infinitive	sċīen	sċīenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	sċīe	sċīede
second person singular	sċīest	sċīedest
third person singular	sċīeþ	sċīede
plural	sċīeþ	sċīedon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sċīe	sċīede
plural	sċīen	sċīeden
imperative
singular	sċīe
plural	sċīeþ
participle	present	past
	sċīende	(ġe)sċīed