eldertongue

Old English · noun

ærendscip

Normalised ǣrendsċip

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈæː.rendˌʃip/
Syllables
ˈæː · rend · ˌʃip (3 syllables)
Modern English
skiff

Meaning

  1. a small boat, skiff

Declension

Declension of ærendscip
SingularPlural
Nominative ǣrendsċipǣrendsċipu
Accusative ǣrendsċipǣrendsċipu
Genitive ǣrendsċipesǣrendsċipa
Dative ǣrendsċipeǣrendsċipum

All forms (6)

Etymology

By surface analysis, ǣrende (“message”) + sċip (“ship”)

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