Part of speech: verb
Verb type: weak verb (2)
1. to look (at), gaze; to see; 2. to look for, seek; to select, choose; 3. to show, demonstrate (favour, respect, etc)
Etymology
[Mod E SHOW ← Prot-Germ *skawōjan; O Fris skāwia, skōwia; O Sax skauwon; Dt schouwen; OHG skouwōn (Mod G schauen)]
Paradigm
4.2.2. - 2nd class weak verbs
The second class of the weak verbs is marked by the presence of the Prot-Germ suffix *-ō-, preserved in the Anglo-Saxon in the form of short vowel -o- of the past tense suffix: macode (made); lufode (loved), etc.
II class | infinitive | past tense singular |
to look (at); to see | lócian, lóciȝan | lócode |
to love | lufian | lufode |
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