Old English · noun
wæpn
Normalised wǣpn
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /wæːpn/
- Syllables
- wæːpn (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- weapon
Meaning
-
weapon
Iċ herie þā wǣpnu and þone wer.
I praise the weapons and the man.
c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English: -
penis
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną.
Descendants
weapon
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