scipfierd

Old English

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Etymology

Compound of sċip (“ship”) +‎ fierd (“army”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃipˌfi͜yrd/, [ˈʃipˌfi͜yrˠd]

Noun

sċipfierd f

1. a fleet or other naval force

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċipfierd	sċipfierda, sċipfierde
accusative	sċipfierde	sċipfierda, sċipfierde
genitive	sċipfierde	sċipfierda
dative	sċipfierde	sċipfierdum

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “scip-fird”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.