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Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} sceaft
  1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of schafte (“creation”) Tags: Early-Middle-English, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: schafte (extra: creation)
    Sense id: en-sceaft-enm-noun-6AUdjvaH Categories (other): Early Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 87 3 4 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 3 3 6

Noun [Old English]

IPA: /ʃæ͜ɑft/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz, from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂p- (“rod, shaft, staff, club”), potentially from a root *(s)ke(H)p- (“to strike, beat”). Cognate with Old Norse skapt. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*skaft}} Proto-West Germanic *skaft, {{der|ang|gem-pro|*skaftaz}} Proto-Germanic *skaftaz, {{der|ang|ine-pro|*skeh₂p-||rod, shaft, staff, club}} Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂p- (“rod, shaft, staff, club”), {{cog|non|skapt}} Old Norse skapt Head templates: {{ang-noun|m|head=sċeaft}} sċeaft m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|sċeaft}}, {{ang-decl-noun|sċeaft|sċeaftas|sċeaft|sċeaftas|sċeaftes|sċeafta|sċeafte|sċeaftum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: sċeaft [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], sċeaft [nominative, singular], sċeaftas [nominative, plural], sċeaft [accusative, singular], sċeaftas [accusative, plural], sċeaftes [genitive, singular], sċeafta [genitive, plural], sċeafte [dative, singular], sċeaftum [dative, plural]
  1. shaft (of an arrow or spear), pole Derived forms: Sċeaftesburg, wælsċeaft (english: weapon-shaft)
    Sense id: en-sceaft-ang-noun-fEjIM3eH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Old English]

IPA: /ʃæ͜ɑft/
Etymology: From sċieppan; compare ġesċeaft. Head templates: {{ang-noun|f|sċeafta|head=sċeaft}} sċeaft f (nominative plural sċeafta) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-i-f|sċeaft}}, {{ang-decl-noun|sċeaft|sċeafte,sċeafta|sċeaft,sċeafte|sċeafte,sċeafta|sċeafte|sċeafta|sċeafte|sċeaftum|num=|title=|type=strong i-stem}} Forms: sċeaft [canonical, feminine], sċeafta [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], sċeaft [nominative, singular], sċeafte [nominative, plural], sċeafta [nominative, plural], sċeaft [accusative, singular], sċeafte [accusative, singular], sċeafte [accusative, plural], sċeafta [accusative, plural], sċeafte [genitive, singular], sċeafta [genitive, plural], sċeafte [dative, singular], sċeaftum [dative, plural]
  1. creation, origin
    Sense id: en-sceaft-ang-noun-lyGnxDPO Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 26 3 41 31
  2. a creation, creature, something created
    Sense id: en-sceaft-ang-noun-IsJ6-MR0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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}

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      "word": "schafte"
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          "sceaft#Old_English"
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        "5": "sċeafte",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʃæ͜ɑft/"
    }
  ],
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}

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