schyfe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• schyffe

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skibō-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃif(ə)/, /ˈʃiːf(ə)/

Noun

schyfe (plural schyfes)

1. A splinter or fragment of the woody part of flax after beating.

Descendants

• English: shive
• Yola: shives (plural)

References

• “shī̆f, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.