eldertongue

Old English · noun

tunscipe

Normalised tūnsċipe

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/ˈtuːn.ʃi.pe/
Syllables
ˈtuːn · ʃi · pe (3 syllables)
Modern English
townshiptown

Meaning

  1. the people of a town

Declension

Declension of tunscipe
SingularPlural
Nominative tūnsċipetūnsċipas
Accusative tūnsċipetūnsċipas
Genitive tūnsċipestūnsċipa
Dative tūnsċipetūnsċipum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From tūn (“town”) + -sċipe

Descendants

township

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tunscipe · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution