scapia

Vandalic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skapjanฤ…. Compare Gothic ๐Œฒ๐Œฐ๐ƒ๐Œบ๐Œฐ๐€๐Œพ๐Œฐ๐Œฝ (gaskapjan), German schaffen.

Verb

scapia

  1. to make, create
    • c. 390 CE, De conviviis barbaris :
      Inter eils Gothicum scapia matzia ia drincan / non audet quisquam dignos educere versus.
      Between the Gothic [cries] โ€œHailโ€ and โ€œLetโ€™s get [something to] eat and drinkโ€ / nobody dares to put forth decent verses. [NB: loose translation of scapia]
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