Old English · noun
græsstapa
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈɡræsˌstɑ.pɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈɡræs · ˌstɑ · pɑ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- grasshopperlocust
Meaning
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grasshopper, locust
Þæt eahtoðe wīte wæs, þæt gærstapan oferēodon eall þæt land swilċe swā næfre ǣrðan nǣron, ne eft næfre ne ġewurðað; and hī forgnogon swā hwæt swā sē hagol belǣfde, oððe on trēowum oððe on ōðrum wæstmum.
The eight plague was that locusts overran the entire land as they never had before, and never would again; they gnawed up anything that the hail had left, either on trees or on other plants.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | græsstapa | græsstapan |
| Accusative | græsstapan | græsstapan |
| Genitive | græsstapan | græsstapena |
| Dative | græsstapan | græsstapum |
All forms (4)
Etymology
From græs (“grass”) + stapa (“stepper”). Compare Old High German hewistafo (literally “hay stepper”).
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