scipbryce

Old English

Etymology

From sċip (“ship”) +‎ bryċe (“breaking, fragment”). Compare Faroese skipbrot, Dutch schipbreuk, and German Schiffbruch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃipˌbry.t͡ʃe/

Noun

sċipbryċe m

  1. ship wreck; that which washes ashore from shipwreck; wreckage

Declension

Strong i-stem:

singular plural
nominative sċipbryċe sċipbryċas
accusative sċipbryċe sċipbryċas
genitive sċipbryċes sċipbryċa
dative sċipbryċe sċipbryċum

Descendants

  • Middle English: shipbreche

References

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