scrift

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skrifti. Which is a borrowing from Latin scrīptum.

Noun

scrift f

1. writing, scripture

Inflection

Declension of scrift (feminine i-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	scrift	scrifti
accusative	scrift	scrifti
genitive	scrifti	scrifto
dative	scrifti	scriftin, scrifton

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: schrift, schricht f or n
  • Dutch: schrift n (f for “holy scripture”)
    • Afrikaans: skrif
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: skrifu
    • Negerhollands: skrift
    • → Caribbean Javanese: sekrip
    • → Indonesian: skrip
    • → Papiamentu: skref, skrif

References

• “skrift”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Latin scrīptum. Cognate with German Schrift (“font, writing, script”), Dutch schrift (“script, notebook, scripture”), Swedish skrift (“text, written work, book, report, script”) and Icelandic skrift (“writing”).

Noun

sċrift m

1. what is prescribed as punishment; penalty
2. penance, shrift
3. one who passes sentence; judge
4. a confessor (in Christianity, one who hears confession)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċrift	sċriftas
accusative	sċrift	sċriftas
genitive	sċriftes	sċrifta
dative	sċrifte	sċriftum

Related terms

• sċrīfan

Descendants

• Middle English: shrift
  • English: shrift

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sċrift”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.