sciphlaford

Old English

Etymology

sċip (“ship”) +‎ hlāford (“lord”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃipˌxlɑː.ford/, [ˈʃipˌl̥ɑː.vorˠd]

Noun

sċiphlāford m

shipmaster

Declension

Declension of sciphlaford (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sċiphlāford	sċiphlāfordas
accusative	sċiphlāford	sċiphlāfordas
genitive	sċiphlāfordes	sċiphlāforda
dative	sċiphlāforde	sċiphlāfordum

Descendants

Middle English: schyplord
- English: shiplord

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sciphláford”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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