æfenscop

Old English

Alternative forms

• ǣfensċeōp

Etymology

From ǣfen (“evening”) +‎ sċop (“poet”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæː.fenˌʃop/, [ˈæː.venˌʃop]

Noun

ǣfensċop m

1. 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 and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǣfensċeōp”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.