scipsteorra
Old English
Etymology
Compound of sċip (“ship”) + steorra (“star”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃipˌste͜or.rɑ/, [ˈʃipˌste͜orˠ.rˠɑ]
Noun
sċipsteorra m
- the North Star (Polaris)
Declension
Weak:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sċipsteorra | — |
| accusative | sċipsteorran | — |
| genitive | sċipsteorran | — |
| dative | sċipsteorran | — |
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “scip-steorra”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.