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Old English · noun

sciete

Normalised sċīete

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈʃi͜yː.te/
Syllables
ˈʃi͜yː · te (2 syllables)
Modern English
sheetclothlinen

Meaning

  1. sheet (piece of linen cloth)

Declension

Declension of sciete
SingularPlural
Nominative sċīetesċīetan
Accusative sċīetansċīetan
Genitive sċīetansċīetena
Dative sċīetansċīetum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skautijā, from Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *skautaz.

Descendants

sheet

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