Sceapieg
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sċēap (“sheep”) + īeġ (“island”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sċēapīeġ f
- Isle of Sheppey
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- An. DCCCLV Hēr hǣþene men ǣrest on Sċeapiġġe ofer winter sǣtan...⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare [Aþelwulf cing] ferde to Rōme mid myċelre weorðnesse ⁊ þǣr wæs XII mōnoð wuniġende, ⁊ him þā hāmweard fōr ⁊ him þā Carl Francna cing his dohtor ġēaf him tō cwēne, ⁊ æfter þām tō his lēodum cōm...
- Year 855 In this year the heathens stayed on Sheppey over the winter for the first time...And in the same year [King Athelwulf] went to Rome with much honor, and stayed there for twelve months. And them he went home and King Carl [the Bald] of the Franks gave him his daughter as a queen, and after that Athelwulf returned to his people.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
[edit]Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Sċēapīeġ | — |
| accusative | Sċēapīeġe | — |
| genitive | Sċēapīeġe | — |
| dative | Sċēapīeġe | — |
Descendants
[edit]- Middle English:
- English: Sheppey