scip

Middle English

Noun

scip

1. (Northern or Early Middle English) Alternative form of schip

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skip.

Cognate with Old Frisian skip, Old Saxon skip, Old High German skif, Old Norse skip, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃip/

Noun

sċip n

1. ship
   • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Manuscript E, year 992

     And sē here þā ætbærst, būtan ān sċip þǣr man ofslōg.

     And then the army escaped, except for one ship whose crew was slain.

Declension

Declension of sċip (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sċip	sċipu
accusative	sċip	sċipu
genitive	sċipes	sċipa
dative	sċipe	sċipum

Synonyms

• see Thesaurus:sċip

Derived terms

• ċēapsċip
• sċipere
• sċiphere
• sċiphlāford
• sċipmann
• sċipwyrhta
• scipflota
• þēofsċip

Descendants

• Middle English: schip, chip, chippe, schepe, schipp, schippe, schup, schyp, schyppe, shepe, ship, shippe, shup, shuppe, shyp, shype, shyppe, sship, ssip, scip, scippe, scyp, scyppe
  • English: ship
  • Scots: ship
  • Yola: zhip

Old Saxon

Noun

scip n

1. Alternative spelling of skip