scieppan

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to create
 * 2) * c. 992, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of Our Lord"
 * "ang"

- Dēofol ne mæġ nāne ġesċeaft sċieppan.


 * 1) to shape; mould, form
 * 2) * c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
 * "ang"

- Fingō: "iċ hīewiġe oþþe sċieppe."

Usage notes

 * (Ġe)sċieppan is loftier than, which is the general word for "to make." (Ġe)sċieppan is almost solely attested describing the acts of deities, though a wider sense such as "to create with the mind" is hinted at by the phrase menn naman ġesċieppan (“to give someone a name”).


 * The prefixed variant is much more common in prose, almost to the total exclusion of the unprefixed form.