(a) To divide or share out something; distribute (sth.), divide up; also, be divided [quot.: 1451]; ~ in sonder, disperse (a group of people), scatter; ~ me even, give me my fair share; even skifted, of troops: evenly matched in number, in equal strength; (b) to arrange, ordain; arrange (sth.), ordain, cause to occur; also, rule (a country), manage (a horse); also, protect (sb.), save; ~ with hondes, decide (sth.) by combat; (c) to change, vary; turn (to another color); also, die; change (sth.), alter, shift; change (clothes); refl. move oneself, go, hasten; ~ from, of one's thoughts: turn away from (God); ~ honde, make an abrupt change; ~ min skil, disobey me; ~ of, ?remove (a tree); (d) to alternate; (e) to escape (from sth.); -- also refl.; ben skifted of, evade (sb.), be rid of.