scip

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skipą, perhaps ultimately a suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“cut, separate”). Cognate with Old Frisian skip (West Frisian skip), Old Saxon skip (Low German Schipp), Dutch schip, Old High German skif (German Schiff), Old Norse skip (Swedish skepp, Norwegian skip, Danish skib), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃip/

Noun

sċip n

1. ship

   And se here þa ætbærst, buton an scip þær man ofsloh. And then the army escaped, except for one ship whose crew was slain. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicles)

Declension

Declension of scip (strong a-stem)

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

Derived terms

• sċiphere

Synonyms

• ċēol

Descendants

• Middle English: schip, ship, schup
  • Scots: ship, schip
  • English: ship

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Old Saxon

Noun

scip n

1. Alternative spelling of skip