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
Declension
Declension of scrift (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sċrift | sċriftas |
| accusative | sċrift | sċriftas |
| genitive | sċriftes | sċrifta |
| dative | sċrifte | sċriftum |
Descendants
- English: shrift
Related terms
References
- sċrift in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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