Sceapieg

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From sċēap (“sheep”) +‎ īeġ (“island”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃæ͜ɑːpˌi͜yːj/

Proper noun

Sċēapīeġ f

  1. 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.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative Sċēapīeġ —
accusative Sċēapīeġe —
genitive Sċēapīeġe —
dative Sċēapīeġe —

Descendants

  • Middle English:
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