sciphlaford

Old English

Etymology

sċip (“ship”) +‎ hlāford (“lord”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃipˌxlɑː.ford/, [ˈʃipˌl̥ɑː.vorˠd]

Noun

sċiphlāford m

1. shipmaster

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċiphlāford	sċiphlāfordas
accusative	sċiphlāford	sċiphlāfordas
genitive	sċiphlāfordes	sċiphlāforda
dative	sċiphlāforde	sċiphlāfordum

Descendants

• Middle English: schyplord
  • English: shiplord

References

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