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scip-fird

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
scip-fird, e; f.
A naval force or expedition, a fleet
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  • Ðá ðeós scipfyrd (

    the naval expedition described in the preceding paragraph

    ) ðus geendod wæs,
      Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 15.
  • Wé næfdon ða gesélþa ðæt seó scipfyrd nytt wǽre ðisum earde,

      1009; Erl. 141, 26.
  • Ðá cýdde man in tó ðære scipfyrde, ðet hí mann eáðe befaran mihte,

      Erl. 141, 33.
  • See land-fird for other passages.
Etymology
[Humber King & al his fleote & his muchele scipferde comen on Albanaces londe, Laym. 2156.]
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  • scip-fird, n.