Old English · noun
ceapmann
Normalised ċēapmann
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong consonant stem
- IPA
- /ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑːpˌmɑnn/[ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑːpˌmɑn]
- Syllables
- ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑːp · ˌmɑnn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- businessmanchapchapmanmerchant
Meaning
-
businessman, merchant
Sēo landbūend is swīþost cȳpemonnum ġeseted. Þǣr bēoð weðeras ācennede on oxna micelnesse...
That colony is mostly settled by merchants. There, rams are born the size of oxen...
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Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ċēapmann | ċēapmenn |
| Accusative | ċēapmann | ċēapmenn |
| Genitive | ċēapmannes | ċēapmanna |
| Dative | ċēapmenn | ċēapmannum |
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann; equivalent to ċēap + mann.
Descendants
chap, chapman
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