landscipe

landscipe

Old English

Alternative forms

• landsċeap

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *landaskapiz. Equivalent to land +‎ -sċipe. Cognate with West Frisian lânskip (“landscape”), Dutch landschap (“landscape, region”), German Landschaft (“landscape”) and Swedish landskap (“province, region, landscape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑndˌʃi.pe/

Noun

landsċipe m

1. tract of land, region, district

Declension

Declension of landscipe (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	landsċipe	landsċipas
accusative	landsċipe	landsċipas
genitive	landsċipes	landsċipa
dative	landsċipe	landsċipum

Descendants

• Middle English: *landschippe, *landschapp
  • English: landskip, lantschip (obsolete), landscape (influence by Dutch landschap)
  • Scots: landskip, landskipe

References

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