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Old English · noun

sacerd

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈsɑ.kerd/
[ˈsɑ.kerˠd]
Syllables
ˈsɑ · kerd (2 syllables)
Modern English
priest

Meaning

  1. priest

    Þā æt nēxtan forlēt Pharao Israhela folc of his earde siðian mid miċċlum ǣhtum, and God ġesette ðone foresǣdan Moysen his folce tō heretogan, and his broðer Aaron tō sacerde; and hī lǣddon þæt folce tō ðǣre Rēadan sǣ mid miċelre fyrdinge, þæt wǣron six hund þūsenda wīgendra manna, buton wīfum and ċildum.

    Then at last Pharaoh allowed the people of Israel to leave his land with much livestock, and God appointed the aforementioned Moses as the leader of his people, and his brother Aaron as priest; and they led the people to the Red Sea with a great host, which numbered six hundred thousand warriors, not counting women and children.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension

Declension of sacerd
SingularPlural
Nominative sacerdsacerdas
Accusative sacerdsacerdas
Genitive sacerdessacerda
Dative sacerdesacerdum

All forms (6)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacerdōs.

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