Old English · noun
sape
Normalised sāpe
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈsɑː.pe/
- Syllables
- ˈsɑː · pe (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- soap
Meaning
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soap
Ðonne þu sapan abban wille þonne gnid þu þinne handa to gædere
When you want soap, then rub your hands together.
before 1150, Monasteriales Indicia (monastic sign language guide):
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ.
Descendants
soap
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