schyft

Middle English

Alternative forms

shyft, schift, shyffte, shifte

Etymology

From schiften.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃift(ə)/

Noun

schyft

(rare) A try or effort.
(rare) A way, manner.
(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.

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