leodsciepe

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Old English

Alternative forms

• lēodsċipe, lēodsċype

Etymology

Equivalent to lēod +‎ -sċiepe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le͜oːdˌʃi͜y.pe/

Noun

lēodsċiepe m

1. a people
2. a nation
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Agnes, Virgin"

     Þes hlisa asprang þa on eallum þam leod-scipe...

     The fame of it sprang throughout all the nation...

   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle"

     'Wyrd-writeras secgað þæt ðry lēodscipas sind gehátene India. Seo forme India lið to ðæra Silhearwena rice, seo oðer lið to Medas, seo ðridde to ðam micclum garsecge; þeos ðridde India hæfð on anre sidan þeostru, and on oðere ðone grimlican garsecg.

     Historians say that there are three nations called India. The first India lies towards the Ethiopians' realm, the second lies towards the Medes, the third on the great ocean; this third India has on one side darkness, and on the other the grim ocean.

3. the country of a people
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"

     Paulus wearð þa afylled and gefrefrod mid þæs Halgan Gastes gife, and ferde to manegum lēodscipum, sawende Godes sæd. On sumere byrig he wæs twelf monað, on sumere twa gear, on sumere ðreo, and gesette biscopas, and mæsse-preostas, and Godes ðeowas; ferde siððan forð to oðrum lēodscipe, and dyde swa gelice.

     Paul was then filled and comforted with the grace of the Holy Ghost, and went to many countries, sowing God's seed. In one city he was twelve months, in one two years, in one three, and appointed bishops, and mass-priests, and servants of God; he went afterwards to another country, and did in like manner.

Declension

Declension of leodsciepe (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lēodsċiepe	lēodsċiepas
accusative	lēodsċiepe	lēodsċiepas
genitive	lēodsċiepes	lēodsċiepa
dative	lēodsċiepe	lēodsċiepum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “LĒODSĊIPE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.