-sciepe
Old English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *-skapi, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃi͜y.pe/
Suffix
-sċiepe m
- noun-forming suffix: -ship
- c. 1000, The Letter of Alexander the Great to Aristotle[1]:
- Ða toforan monan upgonge þa cwomon þær Scorpiones þæt wyrmcyn swa hie ær gewunelice wæron toweard þæs wætersciepes.
- Then before moonrise those vermin called scorpions came, as they were accustomed, toward the water source.
Usage notes
- Though an expected outcome of Proto-Germanic *-skapiz in the Early West Saxon dialect, the form -sċiepe itself is a hapax legomenon, attested only once within the corpus (seen in the quotation above). The form -sċipe is what is primarily found instead, reflecting low stress monophthongization and raising in all dialects prior to the written period. Compare also hīew and nīewe for similar changes.
Declension
Strong i-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -sċiepe | -sċiepas |
| accusative | -sċiepe | -sċiepas |
| genitive | -sċiepes | -sċiepa |
| dative | -sċiepe | -sċiepum |
Derived terms
Old English terms suffixed with -sciepe