sceaft – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of sceaft

Noun: sceaft
Gender:

Nominative

Singularsċeaft
Pluralsċeaftas; sċeafta; sċeafte

Genitive

Singularsċeaftes; sċeafte
Pluralsċeafta

Dative

Singularsċeafte
Pluralsċeaftum

Accusative

Singularsċeaft; sċeafte
Pluralsċeaftas; sċeafte; sċeafta

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like sceaft

sceaft,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz, from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂p- (“rod, shaft, staff, club”), potentially from a root *(s)ke(H)p- (“to strike, beat”). Cognate with Old Norse skapt. See: Old Norse Nouns 'skapt'.

Verbs referencing "sceaft"

English Nouns liftshaft.

Translations