scip

scip

Middle English

Noun

scip

  1. (Northern or Early Middle English) alternative form of schip

Old English

Etymology 1

    From Proto-West Germanic *skip.

    Cognate with Old Frisian skip, Old Saxon skip, Old High German skif, Old Norse skip, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʃip/

    Noun

    sċip n

    1. ship
      • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript E, year 992
        And sē here þā ætbærst, būtan ān sċip þǣr man ofslōg.
        And then the army escaped, except for one ship whose crew was slain.
    Declension

    Strong a-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative sċip sċipu
    accusative sċip sċipu
    genitive sċipes sċipa
    dative sċipe sċipum
    Synonyms
    • see Thesaurus:sċip
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʃiːp/

    Noun

    sċīp n (Northumbrian)

    1. alternative form of sċēap
    Usage notes

    Campbell states also (§187) that this form occurs once in the Mercian part of the Rushworth Gospels; sċēp is the otherwise typical form in Mercian.

    Declension

    Strong a-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative sċīp sċīp
    accusative sċīp sċīp
    genitive sċīpes sċīpa
    dative sċīpe sċīpum

    Old Saxon

    Noun

    scip n

    1. alternative spelling of skip