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

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

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