eldertongue

Old English · noun

sceafa

Normalised sċeafa

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈʃɑ.fɑ/
[ˈʃɑ.vɑ]
Syllables
ˈʃɑ · fɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
shaveplaneparing knifeparingknife

Meaning

  1. shave (tool), plane, paring knife

Declension

Declension of sceafa
SingularPlural
Nominative sċeafasċeafan
Accusative sċeafansċeafan
Genitive sċeafansċeafena
Dative sċeafansċeafum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skabô. Cognate with Middle Dutch schave (Dutch schaaf), Old High German scaba (German Schabe).

Descendants

shave

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