wæpn

Old English

Alternative forms

• wǣpen

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæːpn/

Noun

wǣpn n (nominative plural wǣpnu)

1. weapon
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English‎^[1]:

     Iċ herie þā wǣpnu and þone wer.

     I praise the weapons and the man.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"

     ...and awearp his wǣpna...

     ...and threw away his weapons,...

2. penis

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wǣpn	wǣpnu
accusative	wǣpn	wǣpnu
genitive	wǣpnes	wǣpna
dative	wǣpne	wǣpnum

Derived terms

• ġewǣpne (“arms”)
• hildewǣpn (“weapon of war”)
• wǣpnian (“to arm”)
• wǣpned (“male”)
• wǣpnhūs (“armory”)
• wǣpnlēas (“unarmed”)
• wǣpnwīfestre (“hermaphrodite”)
• wǣpnþracu (“force of arms”)

Descendants

• Middle English: wepen
  • English: weapon
  • Scots: wapyn, wappen