SCIP
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Etymology
, perhaps ultimately a suffixed form of . Cognate with Old Frisian , Old Saxon (Dutch ), Old High German (German ), Old Norse (Swedish , Danish ), Gothic .
Noun
scip
- ship
- And se here þa ætbærst, buton an scip þær man ofsloh. And then the army escaped, except for one ship whose crew was slain. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicles)