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Old English

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of earlier *sċēawiċġe (compare Old English sċēawere (“actor, clown”)), equivalent to sċēawian (“to show”) +‎ -iċġe. Alternatively, perhaps an alteration of an earlier *sċerniċġe, where the first element is derived from Proto-West Germanic *skern (“fun, play, sport, joking, mockery, jest”) (compare Old Saxon skirno, skernio, skirno (“actor”), Old High German skerno, skernio, skirnio (“joker, actor, clown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃe.rij.je/, [ˈʃe.rid.d͡ʒe]

Noun

sċeriċġe f

1. actress

Declension

Weak n-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċeriċġe	sċeriċġan
accusative	sċeriċġan	sċeriċġan
genitive	sċeriċġan	sċeriċġena
dative	sċeriċġan	sċeriċġum