scrift
Old English
Etymology
From Latin scrīptum. Cognate with German Schrift (“font, writing, script”), Dutch schrift (“script, notebook, scripture”), Swedish skrift (“text, written work, book, report, script”) and Icelandic skrift (“writing”).
Noun
sċrift m
- what is prescribed as punishment; penalty
- penance, shrift
- one who passes sentence; judge
- a confessor (in Christianity, one who hears confession)
Declension
Declension of scrift (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sċrift | sċriftas |
| accusative | sċrift | sċriftas |
| genitive | sċriftes | sċrifta |
| dative | sċrifte | sċriftum |
Related terms
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sċrift”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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