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Old English · noun

scipfierd

Normalised sċipfierd

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈʃipˌfi͜yrd/
[ˈʃipˌfi͜yrˠd]
Syllables
ˈʃip · ˌfi͜yrd (2 syllables)
Modern English
fleet

Meaning

  1. a fleet or other naval force

Declension

Declension of scipfierd
SingularPlural
Nominative sċipfierdsċipfierdasċipfierde
Accusative sċipfierdesċipfierdasċipfierde
Genitive sċipfierdesċipfierda
Dative sċipfierdesċipfierdum

All forms (4)

Etymology

Compound of sċip (“ship”) + fierd (“army”).

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