Old English · noun
ceapscip
Normalised ċēapsċip
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑːpˌʃip/
- Syllables
- ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑːp · ˌʃip (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- tradingmerchant shipmerchant
Meaning
-
merchant ship, trading ship
Philippe ġeþūhte æfter þām þæt hē on lande ne meahte þām folce mid ġiefum ġecwēman þe him on simle wǣron mid winnende, ac hē sċipu ġegaderode and wīċingas wurdon, and sōna æt ānum ċierre ān hund and hundeahtatiġ ċēapsċipa ġefēngon.
After that, Philip concluded that on land, the gifts he awarded the common people who were always fighting on his side would never be enough to satisfy them, so he gathered ships and they became pirates, and very quickly captured 180 trading ships.
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ċēapsċip | ċēapsċip |
| Accusative | ċēapsċip | ċēapsċip |
| Genitive | ċēapsċipes | ċēapsċipa |
| Dative | ċēapsċipe | ċēapsċipum |
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kaupaskip. Cognate with Old High German koufskif. Equivalent to ċēap + sċip.
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