-sciepe

Old English Alternative forms ang -sċipe -sċip -sċype Etymology ang :inh gmw-pro:*-skapi Inherited from ang gmw-pro *-skapi, from ang gem-pro *-skapiz. Pronunciation -sċiepe Suffix -sċiepe m -ship; forms abstract nouns from adjectives and nouns ang c. 1000 https://books.google.ca/books?id=fEjXOCbwu4sC&lpg=PA52&vq=w%C3%A6tersciepes&pg=PA52#v=snippet&q=w%C3%A6tersciepes&f=false The Letter of Alexander the Great to Aristotle Ða toforan monan upgonge þa cwomon þær Scorpiones þæt wyrmcyn swa hie ær gewunelice wæron toweard þæs wætersciepes. Then before moonrise those vermin called scorpions came, as they were accustomed, toward the water source. Usage notes Though an expected outcome of ang gem-pro *-skapiz in the Early West Saxon dialect, the form ang -sċiepe itself is a hapax legomenon, attested only once within the corpus (seen in the quotation above). The form ang -sċipe is what is primarily found instead, reflecting low stress monophthongization and raising in all dialects prior to the written period. Compare also ang hīew and ang nīewe for similar changes. Declension -sċiep 1 Derived terms ang Descendants enm -schipe 1 ang hapax legomena