Old English · noun
sciphere
Normalised sċiphere
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ˈʃipˌxe.re/[ˈʃipˌhe.re]
- Syllables
- ˈʃip · ˌxe · re (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- navy
Meaning
-
navy
-
naval fleet
An. DCCCLX Hēr Aþelbald cing forðferde ⁊ his līc līð on Sċīrburnan, ⁊ feng Æþelbriht tō ealle þām rīce his brōðor, ⁊ hē hit heold on gōdre ġeþwærnesse, ⁊ his dæġe cōm myċel sċiphere upp ⁊ ābrǣcan Wintanċeaster ⁊ wið þone here ġefuhtan Wulfheard ealderman mid Hāmtūnsċīre, Æþelwulf ealderman mid Bearrocsċīre, ⁊ þone here ġeflȳmdan...
Year 860 In this year King Athelbald passed away, and is body lies in Sherbourne. Athelbright took hold over the entire kingdom of his brother in a time of good peace, but in his day a great fleet came up and attacked Winchester. Alderman Wulfheard fought against the fleet with Hampshire and Alderman with Berkshire, and the fleet was put to flight...
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sċiphere | sċipherġas |
| Accusative | sċiphere | sċipherġas |
| Genitive | sċipherġes | sċipherġa |
| Dative | sċipherġe | sċipherġum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
sċip (“ship”) + here (“army”)
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