Sceapieg

Old English

Alternative forms

• Sċēapīġ

Etymology

From sċēap (“sheep”) +‎ īeġ (“island”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃæ͜ɑːpˌi͜yːj/

Proper noun

Sċēapīeġ f

1. Isle of Sheppey
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCCLV Hēr hǣþene men ǣrest on Sċeapiġġe ofer winter sǣtan...⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare [Aþelwulf cing] ferde to Rōme mid myċelre weorðnesse ⁊ þǣr wæs XII mōnoð wuniġende, ⁊ him þā hāmweard fōr ⁊ him þā Carl Francna cing his dohtor ġēaf him tō cwēne, ⁊ æfter þām tō his lēodum cōm...

     Year 855 In this year the heathens stayed on Sheppey over the winter for the first time...And in the same year [King Athelwulf] went to Rome with much honor, and stayed there for twelve months. And them he went home and King Carl [the Bald] of the Franks gave him his daughter as a queen, and after that Athelwulf returned to his people.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Sċēapīeġ	—
accusative	Sċēapīeġe	—
genitive	Sċēapīeġe	—
dative	Sċēapīeġe	—

Descendants

• Middle English:
  • English: Sheppey