Etymology

longship

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Today it means: A type of naval vessel made by the Vikings. Full definition →

Middle English *langschip ← Old English langsċip
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  1. Old English · inherited fromlangsċip“a longship, a large warship”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*langschip
  3. English todaylongship

Inherited from Middle English *langschip, from Old English langsċip (“a longship, a large warship”), equivalent to long + ship. Cognate with German Langschiff, German Low German Langschipp, Icelandic langskip, Norwegian Bokmål langskip, Norwegian Nynorsk langskip, Dutch langschip.

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