scirmann

Old English

Etymology

From sċīr (“shire”) +‎ mann (“person”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiːr.mɑnn/, [ˈʃiːrˠ.mɑn]

Noun

sċīrmann m

  1. a ruler of a shire
  2. an inhabitant of a shire
  3. a sheriff

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

singular plural
nominative sċīrmann sċīrmenn
accusative sċīrmann sċīrmenn
genitive sċīrmannes sċīrmanna
dative sċīrmenn sċīrmannum

References

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

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