scipmann

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skipamann-. Equivalent to sċip (“ship”) +‎ mann (“person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃipˌmɑnn/, [ˈʃipˌmɑn]

Noun

sċipmann m

1. sailor

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċipmann	sċipmenn
accusative	sċipmann	sċipmenn
genitive	sċipmannes	sċipmanna
dative	sċipmenn	sċipmannum

Synonyms

• sǣmann
• sċipere

Descendants

• Middle English: schipman, chipman, schip man, schippeman, schypmanne, shipman, shipmon, shippeman, shippman, shypman, ssipman, szipman, scipmon, sipman (Early Middle English)
  • English: shipman
  • Middle Scots: schipman

References

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