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Sceapieg
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Old English
Alternative forms
ang Sċēapīġ
Etymology
From ang sċēap<t:sheep> īeġ<t:island>.
Pronunciation
Sċēap-īeġ
Proper noun
Sċēapīeġ f
Isle of Sheppey
855 124 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
Sċēapīeġ sg
Descendants
enm
en Sheppey
ang Islands Places in Kent, England