schepherde – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of schepherde

Noun: schepherde
Sg.schepherde
Pl.schepherdes

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • I am a good ſchepparde / a good ſchepparde ȝyueþ his lijf foꝛ his ſcheep (I am a good shepherd; a good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep.) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon 10:11, folio 49, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]

Nouns inflected like schepherde

schepherde, drope, uncle, werre, ape, synne, sorwe, fethere, myle, sege, storie,

Etymology

From Old English sċēaphierde, from Proto-West Germanic *skāpahirdī; equivalent to schep (“sheep”) + herde (“herder”). See: Old English Nouns 'sċēaphierde'.

Verbs referencing "schepherde"

English Nouns shepherd.

Translations