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Old English · noun

scipflota

Normalised sċipflota

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈʃipˌflo.tɑ/
Syllables
ˈʃip · ˌflo · tɑ (3 syllables)

Meaning

  1. sailor

  2. pirate

    Sceotta leoda and scipflotan

    The Scots and the pirates fell fey, the field became a mire

    c 10th c. Unknown. The Battle of Brunanburh, 11-12

Declension

Declension of scipflota
SingularPlural
Nominative sċipflotasċipflotan
Accusative sċipflotansċipflotan
Genitive sċipflotansċipflotena
Dative sċipflotansċipflotum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From sċip + flota.

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