Old English · noun

scrift

Normalised sċrift

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
Modern English: shrift penalty prescribed hears passes confessor punishment confession

Meaning

what is prescribed as punishment; penalty
penance, shrift
one who passes sentence; judge
a confessor (in Christianity, one who hears confession)

Declension

Declension of scrift
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sċrift	sċriftas
Accusative	sċrift	sċriftas
Genitive	sċriftes	sċrifta
Dative	sċrifte	sċriftum

Etymology

From Latin scrīptum. Cognate with German Schrift (“font, writing, script”), Dutch schrift (“script, notebook, scripture”), Swedish skrift (“text, written work, book, report, script”) and Icelandic skrift (“writing”).

Descendants

shrift

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