landscipe

Old English

Alternative forms

landsċeap

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *landaskapiz. Equivalent to land +‎ -sċipe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑndˌʃi.pe/

Noun

landsċipe m

landscape
region or tract of land

Declension

Declension of landscipe (strong i-stem)

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

Descendants

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

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “landsċipe”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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