- gesceap
- n (-es/-u) shape, form, created being, creature; creation; dispensation, fate; condition; sex; 1 genitalia
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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Get into shape — Shape Shape, n. [OE. shap, schap, AS. sceap in gesceap creation, creature, fr. the root of scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, to shape, to do, to effect; akin to OS. giskeppian, OFries. skeppa, D. scheppen, G. schaffen, OHG. scaffan, scepfen, skeffen,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
in shape — Shape Shape, n. [OE. shap, schap, AS. sceap in gesceap creation, creature, fr. the root of scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, to shape, to do, to effect; akin to OS. giskeppian, OFries. skeppa, D. scheppen, G. schaffen, OHG. scaffan, scepfen, skeffen,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shape — Shape, n. [OE. shap, schap, AS. sceap in gesceap creation, creature, fr. the root of scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, to shape, to do, to effect; akin to OS. giskeppian, OFries. skeppa, D. scheppen, G. schaffen, OHG. scaffan, scepfen, skeffen, Icer.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To take shape — Shape Shape, n. [OE. shap, schap, AS. sceap in gesceap creation, creature, fr. the root of scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, to shape, to do, to effect; akin to OS. giskeppian, OFries. skeppa, D. scheppen, G. schaffen, OHG. scaffan, scepfen, skeffen,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Germanische Schöpfungsgeschichte — Die Entstehung der Welt; Briefmarke der Färöer von 2003 nach einer Vorlage von Anker Eli Petersen Die germanische Schöpfungsgeschichte umfasst die Mythen germanischer Völker, die davon berichten, wie die Welt (Kosmogonie) und der Mensch… … Deutsch Wikipedia
shape — shapable, shapeable, adj. /shayp/, n., v., shaped, shaping. n. 1. the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure. 2. this quality as found in some individual object or body form: This… … Universalium
gescáp- — see gescéap … Old to modern English dictionary
-schaft — Suffix std. ( ), mhd. schaft, ahd. scaf(t), as. skap, nndl. schap Stammwort. Ebenso anord. skapr; neben as. scepi, afr. skipi, ae. sciepe, ne. ship. Ursprünglich Komposita mit ahd. scaf m./n., mhd. schaft f., ae. gesceap Geschöpf, Beschaffenheit… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
shape — {{11}}shape (n.) O.E. gesceap creation, form, destiny, from root of SHAPE (Cf. shape) (v.)). Meaning contours of the body is attested from late 14c. Meaning condition, state is first recorded 1865, American English. In Middle English, the word… … Etymology dictionary
