Old English · noun

gesceap

Normalised ġesċeap

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /jeˈʃæ͜ɑp/
Syllables: je · ˈʃæ͜ɑp (2 syllables)
Modern English: shape external genital genitals

Meaning

shape (external form)
creation
creature
fate, destiny
genitals

Sē wōda ðā āwende āweġ his ċeaflas fram ðǣre hālgan handa, swilċe fram hātum īsene, and sē āwyrġeda gāst ġewāt of ðām men ūt ðurh his ġesċēapu, mid sċēandlīcum flēame.

The madman then turned his cheeks away from the holy man's hands as if from hot iron, and the accursed spirit departed the man through his genitals with shameful flight.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension

Declension of gesceap
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ġesċeap	ġesċeapu
Accusative	ġesċeap	ġesċeapu
Genitive	ġesċeapes	ġesċeapa
Dative	ġesċeape	ġesċeapum

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gaskap, from Proto-Germanic *gaskapą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to split, cut”). Compare Old Saxon giskap (“creation, destiny”), Old Norse skap (“creation, fate”).

Descendants

shape

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