scufan

• sċēofan

From Proto-West Germanic *skeuban, from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-.

Cognate with Old Frisian skūva (West Frisian skowe), Middle Low German schūven (Low German schuven), Middle Dutch scūven (Dutch schuiven), Old High German skioban, sciopan (German schieben), Old Norse skúfa (Faroese skúgva, Danish skubbe, Swedish skuffa), Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌽 (afskiuban).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃuː.fɑn/, [ˈʃuː.vɑn]

sċūfan

1. to push, shove
   • "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 4, verse 29

     And hiġ ārīson and scūfon hine of ðǣre ceastre, and lǣddon hine ofer ðæs muntes cnæpp, ofer þone hyra buruh ġetimbrud wæs, þ hī hyne nyðer bescūfon.

     And they rose up and thrust him out of the city, and they brought him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might shove him down headlong.

2. to launch (a ship)

• besċūfan
• ġesċūfan

• Middle English: schouven, shoven
  • English: shove
  • Scots: shuve