eldertongue

Old English · noun

hornscip

Normalised hornsċip

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈxornˌʃip/
[ˈhorˠnˌʃip]
Syllables
ˈxorn · ˌʃip (2 syllables)
Modern English
rostrumrowedwarshipprojectingprow

Meaning

  1. a ship with a rostrum (the projecting prow of a rowed warship)

Declension

Declension of hornscip
SingularPlural
Nominative hornsċiphornsċipu
Accusative hornsċiphornsċipu
Genitive hornsċipeshornsċipa
Dative hornsċipehornsċipum

All forms (6)

Etymology

horn (“horn”) + sċip (“ship”)

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