schep

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sxɛp/

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• Hyphenation: schep
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch schep, from Middle Dutch scheppen. Compare Dutch schop.

Noun

schep f or m (plural scheppen, diminutive schepje n)

1. scoop, shovel

Derived terms

• taartschep

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

schep

1. inflection of scheppen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

• scheep, schepe, sheep, shepe
• ssep (Kent, Southern)

Etymology

From Old English sċēap, sċēp, from Proto-West Germanic *skāp, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃeːp/, /ʃɛ̝ːp/

Noun

schep (plural schep)

1. sheep
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Luke 15:4, folio 36, verso, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     ⁊ ſeide / what man of ȝou þᵗ haþ an hundꝛid ſcheep · ⁊ if he haþ looſt oon of hem .· Wher he leeueþ not nynti and nyne in deſert ⁊ goiþ to it þat periſchide til he fynde it?

     And [he] said, "Which one of you, who has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, won't leave [the other] ninety-nine in the back country and hunt for the one that disappeared until they find it?"

   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 9, verso, lines 597-599:

     Hıs loꝛdes sheep[e] / hıs neet / hıs daẏerẏe / Hıs swẏn / hıs hoꝛs / hıs stooꝛ / and hıs pultrẏe / Was hoollẏ / ın thıs Reues gou[er]nẏnge […]

     His lord's sheep, beef herd, dairy herd, / swine, horses, livestock, and poultry, / were entirely under this reeve's control […]

Related terms

• schepherde

Descendants

• English: sheep (see there for further descendants)
• Middle Scots: scheip, cheip, cheipe, scheipe, sheip, schip, schipe, schap, scheap, scheep, schepe, sceyp, schiepe (rare)
  • Scots: sheep
• Yola: zheep, sheep

References

• “shẹ̄p, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• schäip (Mooring)
• Sjip (Sylt)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skēpą.

Noun

schep n (plural schep)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) sheep