scip
Etymology 1
Etymology & Origins
From Proto-West Germanic *skip. Cognate with Old Frisian skip, Old Saxon skip, Old High German skif, Old Norse skip, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip).
Definitions
- 1.
ship
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript E, year 992
And then the army escaped, except for one ship whose crew was slain.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle An. DCCLXXXVII Hēr nam Byrhtrīc cing Offan dohtor Ēadburge. ⁊ on his dagum cōman ǣrest III sċipa Norðmanna, ⁊ þā sē ġerēfa þǣr tō rād, ⁊ hīe wolde drīfan tō þǣs cinges tūne... Þæt wǣron þā ǣrestan sċipu Denisċra manna þe Angelcynnes land ġesōhte.
Year 787 In this King Brightric kidnapped Offa's daughter Eadburg. And in those days came the first three Norse ships, intending to drive off the reeve and raid the king's town...Those were the first Danish ships to come to the land of the Angles.
Inflection Table
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom | sċip | sċipu |
| Acc | sċip | sċipu |
| Gen | sċipes | sċipa |
| Dat | sċipe | sċipum |
| Inst | — | — |
Etymology 2
Definitions
- 1.
alternative form of sċēap
Inflection Table
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom | sċīp | sċīp |
| Acc | sċīp | sċīp |
| Gen | sċīpes | sċīpa |
| Dat | sċīpe | sċīpum |
| Inst | — | — |
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