Old English · noun
scealfor
Normalised sċealfor
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine / feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈʃæ͜ɑl.for/[ˈʃæ͜ɑɫ.vor]
- Syllables
- ˈʃæ͜ɑl · for (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- loondivinggaviiformes
Meaning
-
loon (bird of order Gaviiformes), a diving bird
Đā ġesēah hē swymman sċealfran on flōde, and ġelōme doppettan ādūne tō grunde, ēhtende ðearle þǣre ēa fixa.
Then he saw loons swim in the water, and often dive down toward the bottom, eagerly chasing the fish of the river.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
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