skift – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of skift

Noun: skift
Sg.skift
Pl.skifts

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • There be many knyghtes that hath envy to us; Therefore whan we shall mete at the day of justis there woll be harde skyffte for us. — Malory
  • Make ye as good skyffte as ye can, ye shall bere this lady with you on horsebak unto the Pope of Rome. — Malory

Nouns inflected like skift

schimeringe, synger, serche, sengle, snoute, saucer, sauter, sapour, saphir, sachel, sculle, scrape, scrowe, scisme, sclate, schyfe, schyve, schole, schere, schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Old Norse skipta (verb) and Old Norse skipti (noun), from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną. See: Old Norse Nouns 'skipta', Old Norse Nouns 'skipti'.

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