schyft in Middle English

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "shift"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "shift"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From schiften.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shyft",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "schift",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shyffte",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shifte",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "enm",
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      },
      "expansion": "schyft",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A try or effort."
      ],
      "id": "en-schyft-enm-noun-X7~MReLQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "try",
          "try"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) A try or effort."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A way, manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-schyft-enm-noun-QmGZtbhb",
      "links": [
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) A way, manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 16 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 20 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That which determines; fortune."
      ],
      "id": "en-schyft-enm-noun-RNX65dqy",
      "links": [
        [
          "determines",
          "determines"
        ],
        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) That which determines; fortune."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃift(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "schyft"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "shift"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scots",
      "lang_code": "sco",
      "word": "shift"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From schiften.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shyft",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "schift",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shyffte",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shifte",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "schyft",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A try or effort."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "try",
          "try"
        ],
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) A try or effort."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A way, manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "way",
          "way"
        ],
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) A way, manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That which determines; fortune."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "determines",
          "determines"
        ],
        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) That which determines; fortune."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃift(ə)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "schyft"
}

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"schyft" meaning in Middle English

Noun

Alternative forms