sceap

Old English

Alternative forms

*sċǣp, sċēp, scīp

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skāp, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃæ͜ɑːp/

Noun

sċēap n

sheep
sċēap sċieran ― to shear a sheep

Declension

Declension of sceap (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sċēap	sċēap
accusative	sċēap	sċēap
genitive	sċēapes	sċēapa
dative	sċēape	sċēapum

Hyponyms

eowu (“ewe”)
lamb (“lamb”)
ramm (“ram”)
weþer (“castrated ram”)

Derived terms

sċēaphierde (“shepherd”)
Sċēapīeġ (“Isle of Sheppey”)
sċēaplīċ (“relating to sheep”)
sċēapwæsċe (“place for washing sheep”)
sċēapwīċ (“sheepfold”)

Descendants

Middle English: schep, scheep, schepe, sheep, shepe; ssep
- English: sheep (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: sheep
- Yola: zheep, sheep

See also

ēanian (“to give birth to a lamb”)
ġeēan (“pregnant with a lamb”)

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