scipe

Old English

Etymology

Derived from sċipian (“to take shape, put in order, equip”), from Proto-Germanic *skapjōną (“to form, put in order, arrange”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃipe/

Noun

sċipe m

  1. rank, office, dignity, position
  2. stipend; payment

Declension
Declension of scipe (strong ja-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sċipe sċipas
accusative sċipe sċipas
genitive sċipes sċipa
dative sċipe sċipum

Descendants
  • Middle English: ssepe, shipe, schepe

References
  • An Anglo-Saxon dictionary, based on the manuscript collections of the late Joseph Bosworth; edited and enlarged by T. Northcote Toller
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