æfenscop
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom ǣfen (“evening”) + sċop (“poet”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editǣfensċop 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
editDeclension of æfenscop (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | ǣfensċop | ǣfensċopas |
accusative | ǣfensċop | ǣfensċopas |
genitive | ǣfensċopes | ǣfensċopa |
dative | ǣfensċope | ǣfensċopum |
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǣfensċeōp”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.