scrift
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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”).
Noun
sċrift m
- what is prescribed as punishment; penalty
- penance, shrift
- one who passes sentence; judge
- a confessor (in Christianity, one who hears confession)
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sċrift | sċriftas |
| accusative | sċrift | sċriftas |
| genitive | sċriftes | sċrifta |
| dative | sċrifte | sċriftum |
Declension of sċrift (strong a-stem)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sċrift”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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