dufedoppa
Old English
Etymology
From *dūfe (“diver”) + *doppa (“dipper”) (compare diepan (“to dip”)). Compare dopfugol, dopened.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈduː.feˌdop.pɑ/, [ˈduː.veˌdop.pɑ]
Noun
dūfedoppa m
- A pelican
- Synonyms: dumle, pellican, stānġiella
Declension
Weak:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dūfedoppa | dūfedoppan |
| accusative | dūfedoppan | dūfedoppan |
| genitive | dūfedoppan | dūfedoppena |
| dative | dūfedoppan | dūfedoppum |
Related terms
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dufedoppa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.