Noun: gesceap
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | ġesċeap |
| Plural | ġesċeapu |
Genitive
| Singular | ġesċeapes |
| Plural | ġesċeapa |
Dative
| Singular | ġesċeape |
| Plural | ġesċeapum |
Accusative
| Singular | ġesċeap |
| Plural | ġesċeapu |
Sample Sentences
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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Sē wōda ðā āwende āweġ his ċeaflas fram ðǣre hālgan handa, swilċe fram hātum īsene, and sē āwyrġeda gāst ġewāt of ðām men ūt ðurh his ġesċēapu, mid sċēandlīcum flēame. (The madman then turned his cheeks away from the holy man's hands as if from hot iron, and the accursed spirit departed the man through his genitals with shameful flight.)
Nouns inflected like gesceap
gesceap,
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *gaskap, from Proto-Germanic *gaskapą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to split, cut”). Compare Old Saxon giskap (“creation, destiny”), Old Norse skap (“creation, fate”).
Verbs referencing "gesceap"
Finnish Nouns
kave.
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