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scip-mann

  • noun [ masculine ]
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scip-mann, es; m.
A mariner, sailor; nauta, navarchus
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a sailor, one of a ship's crew
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one who goes on trading voyages
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Etymology
[Arður him ot scipe fusde and hehte þat his scipmen brohten hine to Romerel, Laym. 28308. Agrayþed ase byeþ þe ssipmen ine ssipe, þet ase zone ase he yhyerþ þane smite of þe lodesmanne hi yerneþ, Ayenb. 140, 22. See Chaucer's Prologue, vv. 388-410. Icel. skip-maðr one of a crew.]
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