sciphlæst

Old English

Etymology

From sċip (“ship”) +‎ hlæst (“load”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃipˌxlæst/, [ˈʃipˌl̥æst]

Noun

sċiphlæst m

  1. the body of warriors carried on a ship
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCCXXXIII Hēr ġefeaht Eċġbriht cing wið XXXV sċiphlæsta æt Carrum ⁊ þǣr wearð myċel wæl ġesleġen, ⁊ þā Denisċan ahton wælstōwe ġeweald. ⁊ Hereferð ⁊ Wiġþeġn, tweġen bisċeopas, forðferdan, ⁊ Duda ⁊ Ōsmōd, tweġen ealdormenn, forðferdon.
      Year 833 In this year King Edgebright fought against thirty-five shiploads of men at Charmouth, and many were slain, and the Danes took control of the battlefield. And two bishops, Herefrith and Wigthegn, and two aldermen, Duda and Osmod, died.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative sċiphlæst sċiphlæstas
accusative sċiphlæst sċiphlæstas
genitive sċiphlæstes sċiphlæsta
dative sċiphlæste sċiphlæstum
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