Schovynge

Part of speech: verb, noun

Definitions

1. An archaic term for the forceful act of pushing or driving something along by pressing against it
2. Used in Middle English for the action of thrusting or shoving a person or object forward with force
3. A medieval form describing the pressing, pushing motion by which something is moved onward

Etymology: "Schovynge" is a Middle English spelling of "shoving," the present participle of "shoven," meaning to push or thrust. "Shoven" descends from the Old English "scūfan," which carried the same sense of pushing forcefully, and the "sch-" and "-ynge" spellings reflect how medieval scribes wrote the sounds before spelling settled.