sceppe

Old English

Etymology

From Old Norse skeppa, skjappa (“a bushel, measure”), from Old Saxon *skeppio, whence Middle Low German scheppe (“a unit of weight”). Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skappjō (compare Proto-West Germanic *skap (“shape”)), from Proto-Germanic *skapjô (“vessel, tub, bushel”), from *skapą (“a creation, shape”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskep.pe/

Noun

sceppe f

  1. a unit of measure, bushel
  2. tub, container, basket

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

singular plural
nominative sceppe sceppan
accusative sceppan sceppan
genitive sceppan sceppena
dative sceppan sceppum

Descendants

  • Middle English: skeppe, skyppe, skep
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