scipwyrhta

Old English

Alternative forms

sċipƿyrhta

Etymology

From sċip (“ship”) +‎ wyrhta (“worker, builder”).

Noun

sċipwyrhta m (nominative plural sċipwyrhtan)

shipbuilder, shipwright

Inflection

Declension of scipwyrhta (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sċipwyrhta	sċipwyrhtan
accusative	sċipwyrhtan	sċipwyrhtan
genitive	sċipwyrhtan	sċipwyrhtena
dative	sċipwyrhtan	sċipwyrhtum

Descendants

Middle English: ship-wriȝth, schipwricht, shippwright, shipwright
- English: shipwright

References

scipwyrhta in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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