Old English · noun

scericge

Normalised sċeriċġe

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: weak n-stem
IPA: /ˈʃe.rij.je/
[ˈʃe.rid.d͡ʒe]
Syllables: ˈʃe · rij · je (3 syllables)
Modern English: actress

Meaning

actress

Declension

Declension of scericge
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sċeriċġe	sċeriċġan
Accusative	sċeriċġan	sċeriċġan
Genitive	sċeriċġan	sċeriċġena
Dative	sċeriċġan	sċeriċġum

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of earlier *sċēawiċġe (compare Old English sċēawere (“actor, clown”)), equivalent to sċēawian (“to show”) + -iċġe. Alternatively, perhaps an alteration of an earlier *sċerniċġe, where the first element is derived from Proto-West Germanic *skern (“fun, play, sport, joking, mockery, jest”) (compare Old Saxon skirno, skernio, skirno (“actor”), Old High German skerno, skernio, skirnio (“joker, actor, clown”).

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