(from Old English þryccan ("to push")), Middle English scauten ("to push, thrust") (from Old Norse skota), Middle English thuden, thudden (from Old English þȳdan, þyddan). Partially displaced Middle English schoven ("to push, shove") (from Old English scofian), Middle English schuven ("to shove, push") (from Old English scūfan, scēofan)