scunian

Old English

Alternative forms

  • sċeonian

Etymology

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Verb

sċunian

  1. to shun; avoid
  2. to hate; abhor; detest

Declension

Derived terms

  • asċunian
  • onsċunian
  • sċunung

Descendants

  • Middle English: shonen

References

  • sċunian in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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