æfenscop
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ǣfen (“evening”) + sċop (“poet”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæː.fenˌʃop/, [ˈæː.venˌʃop]
Noun
ǣfensċop m
- evening scop, bard
- 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8[1]:
- Iċ…, eald ǣfensceōp, eorlum bringe blisse in burgum.
- I…, old evening scop, bring bliss in towns for brave men.
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ǣfensċop | ǣfensċopas |
| accusative | ǣfensċop | ǣfensċopas |
| genitive | ǣfensċopes | ǣfensċopa |
| dative | ǣfensċope | ǣfensċopum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǣfensċeōp”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.