gemænscipe

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gamainiskapi, equivalent to ġemǣne +‎ -sċipe. Cognate with Dutch gemeenschap and German Gemeinschaft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjeˌmæːnˌʃi.pe/

Noun

ġemǣnsċipe m

1. community

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġemǣnsċipe	ġemǣnsċipas
accusative	ġemǣnsċipe	ġemǣnsċipas
genitive	ġemǣnsċipes	ġemǣnsċipa
dative	ġemǣnsċipe	ġemǣnsċipum

References

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