schyft

Middle English

Alternative forms

• shyft, schift, shyffte, shifte

Etymology

From schiften.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃift(ə)/

Noun

schyft

1. (rare) A try or effort.
2. (rare) A way, manner.
3. (rare) That which determines; fortune.

Descendants

• English: shift
• Scots: shift

References

• “shift, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-05.