tæppa – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of tæppa

Noun: tæppa
Gender: m

Nominative

Singulartæppa
Pluraltæppan

Genitive

Singulartæppan
Pluraltæppena

Dative

Singulartæppan
Pluraltæppum

Accusative

Singulartæppan
Pluraltæppan

Sample Sentences

  • Þonne þū wīn habban wille, þonne dō þū mid þīnum twām fingrum swelċe ðū tæppan of tunnan ontēon wille. (If you want wine, then make a gesture with two fingers like you're trying to pull the bung from a cask. (Techm. ii. 120, 10.))

Etymology

1. From Proto-West Germanic *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô, whence also Old High German zapho, Old Norse tappi.
2. Normally prehistoric *æ was retracted to *a when followed by a geminate and back vowel. Reason for consistent failure of retraction in this word remains unknown. If the word is infrequently attested a commoner variant *tappa may well have existed, cf. hnappian alongside less common hnæppian. See: Old Norse Nouns 'tappi'.

Verbs referencing "tæppa"

English Nouns tap, Middle English Nouns tape, English Nouns tip, English Nouns tampon, French Nouns tampon, Middle English Nouns tappe.

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