scipe

Old English

Etymology

Derived from sċipian (“to take shape, put in order, equip”), from Proto-Germanic *skapjōną (“to form, put in order, arrange”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.pe/

Noun

sċipe m

1. rank, office, dignity, position
2. stipend; payment

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċipe	sċipas
accusative	sċipe	sċipas
genitive	sċipes	sċipa
dative	sċipe	sċipum

Derived terms

• hūssċipe
• sinsċipe
• mansċipe

Descendants

• Middle English: ssepe, shipe, schepe

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “scipe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.