Old English · noun

sceppe

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: weak n-stem
IPA: /ˈskep.pe/
Syllables: ˈskep · pe (2 syllables)
Modern English: skep skip bushel unit tub

Meaning

a unit of measure, bushel
tub, container, basket

Declension

Declension of sceppe
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sceppe	sceppan
Accusative	sceppan	sceppan
Genitive	sceppan	sceppena
Dative	sceppan	sceppum

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”).

Descendants

skep, skip

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sceppe · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution