landscipe

Old English

Alternative forms

• landsċeap

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *landaskapiz. Equivalent to land +‎ -sċipe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑndˌʃi.pe/

Noun

landsċipe m

1. landscape
2. region or tract of land

Declension

Declension of landsċipe (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	landsċipe	landsċipas
accusative	landsċipe	landsċipas
genitive	landsċipes	landsċipa
dative	landsċipe	landsċipum

Descendants

• Middle English: *landschippe, *landschapp
  • English: landscape (influenced by Dutch landschap), landskip, lantschip (obsolete)
  • Scots: landskip, landskipe

References

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