Old English · noun
naca
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈnɑ.kɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈnɑ · kɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- boat
Meaning
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boat, ship
ġecunnad in ċēole · ċearselda fela, atol ȳþa ġewealc, · þǣr mec oft biġeat nearo nihtwaco · ǣt nacan stefnan, þonne hē be clifum cnossað. · Calde ġeþrungen
have withstood bitter sorrow, known many sorrow-halls in ship, loathsome rolling of waves where the unquiet night watch oft got me at the stem of seacraft then it beats near cliffs. Bound by cold
bitre brēostċeare · ġebiden hæbbe,
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *nakwô. Cognate with Old Saxon nako (Dutch aak), Old High German nahho (German Nachen), Old Norse nǫkkvi.
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