scaft

Middle English

Noun

scaft

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of schaft (“shaft”)

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz.

Noun

scaft m

1. shaft
2. arrow

Inflection

Declension of scaft (masculine i-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	scaft	scefti
accusative	scaft	scefti
genitive	sceftis	scefto
dative	scefti	sceftin, scefton

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: schacht, schaft
  • Dutch: schacht, schaft (archaic)
    • Afrikaans: skag

References

• “skaht”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012