Noun: schafte
| Sg. | schafte |
| Pl. | schaftes; schaften |
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like schafte
scalle,
schire,
schete,
bente mone,
pantere,
newe mone,
schrewe,
schanke,
schafte,
morewetid sterre,
kidenere,
yong mone,
sorinesse,
chirche,
cold sterre,
crouche,
culvere,
blasynge sterre,
do,
to, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Old English sċeaft, ġesċeaft (“creation”), from sċieppan; equivalent to schapen + -the.
2. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms; forms without this reflect neuter ġesċeaft (accusative ġesċeaft) as well as apocope.
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