Old English · proper noun
Sceafa
Normalised Scēafa
- Part of speech
- proper noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈʃæ͜ɑː.fɑ/[ˈʃæ͜ɑː.vɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈʃæ͜ɑː · fɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- lombardic
Meaning
-
a male given name
-
Sceafa, a mythological Lombardic king sometimes included in genealogies of English monarchs
Declension
All forms (2)
Etymology
Most likely from Proto-Germanic *skaubaz (“sheaf”).
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