eardstapa in Old English

IPA: /ˈæ͜ɑrdˌstɑ.pɑ/, [ˈæ͜ɑrˠdˌstɑ.pɑ] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From eard (“earth”) + stapa (“stepper”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ang|eard|stapa|t1=earth|t2=stepper}} eard (“earth”) + stapa (“stepper”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} eardstapa m, {{ang-noun|m}} eardstapa m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|eardstap}}, {{ang-decl-noun|eardstapa|eardstapan|eardstapan|eardstapan|eardstapan|eardstapena|eardstapan|eardstapum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], eardstapa [nominative, singular], eardstapan [nominative, plural], eardstapan [accusative, singular], eardstapan [accusative, plural], eardstapan [genitive, singular], eardstapena [genitive, plural], eardstapan [dative, singular], eardstapum [dative, plural]

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From eard (“earth”) + stapa (“stepper”).",
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      "form": "eardstapan",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "eardstapan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "eardstapan",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "eardstapum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
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        "7": "eardstapan",
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          "english": "So said an earth-stepper, mindful of hardships,\nof wrathful slaughters, of kinsmen fall:",
          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "Swā cwæð eardstapa, · earfeþa ġemyndiġ,\nwrāþra wælsleahta, · winemǣga hryre:",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "land-stepper, wanderer"
      ],
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        [
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        "(poetic) land-stepper, wanderer"
      ],
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑrdˌstɑ.pɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈæ͜ɑrˠdˌstɑ.pɑ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eardstapa"
}

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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "eardstapan",
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      ]
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        "plural"
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        "7": "eardstapan",
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        "Old English masculine n-stem nouns",
        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English nouns",
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          "ref": "10th century, The Wanderer:",
          "text": "Swā cwæð eardstapa, · earfeþa ġemyndiġ,\nwrāþra wælsleahta, · winemǣga hryre:",
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        }
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        "land-stepper, wanderer"
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          "stepper"
        ],
        [
          "wanderer",
          "wanderer"
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        "(poetic) land-stepper, wanderer"
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "poetic"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ͜ɑrdˌstɑ.pɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈæ͜ɑrˠdˌstɑ.pɑ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eardstapa"
}

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"eardstapa" meaning in Old English

Noun

Inflected forms