chippe

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Middle English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old English ċipp.

Alternative forms

Noun

chippe (plural chippes)

  1. chip, splinter, shaving (of wood)
  2. kindling, trash
  3. peg
  4. share-beam (of a plow)
  5. A slice (of bread)
Descendants
  • English: chip
  • Scots: chip
  • Yola: chemis (plural)
  • → Old French: chippe, chipe
References

Etymology 2

Noun

chippe

  1. Alternative form of schip

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English chippe, from Old English ċipp, from Old English *ċippian (“to chip, chip off”).

Noun

chippe f

  1. rag (poor quality item of clothing)

Descendants

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (chipe)
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