Skip to content Skip to search
About Report a problem (opens in a new tab)

shiprus

shiprus [OF eschipre, AN eskipre, ME skipper(e), scip(pe)re, AS scipere], shippa, ~us, crewman on a ship, sailor, seaman. s1120 porro schippe remos haud segniter arripuerunt, et ‥ navem ‥ cum impetu magno per pontum currere fecerunt Ord. Vit. XII 26 p. 413; 1157 in liberationibus sciprorum in passagio regis, vij li. Pipe 175; 1161 in liberatione gubernatorum et sciprorum qui custodiebant marinam, xxxiij l. xiij s. Ib. 62; 1171 xxxvj gubernat' et cccc et lxviij eskipris [MS: eskipis], xxxiij li. et xiij s. de liberat' xv dierum. et pro faciend' pontibus et cleiis et in alio apparatu navium, vj li. et v s. et v d. Ib. 2; 1196 J. C. et T. de W. debent xl s. pro habendo recto de xl schippis de fretu regis ab Alemannia Ib. 187.

Saved

Recent

Keyboard shortcuts

/ s Search
← → Previous / next dictionary
1 – 9 Go to dictionary 1–9
j k Next / previous word in the word wheel
m Switch between Logeion and Morpho
b Save or unsave this word
Shift B Saved and recent words
l Look up the selected word
Esc Close suggestions or a panel
? This list