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ÆX

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ÆX, = ÆCS, æsc, acas, e; f: acase, axe, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§58; §249; §311; §376;
what is brought to an edge, An AXE, a hatchet, pickaxe; securis, ascia
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  • Eallunga ys seó æx to ðæra treówa wurtrumum asett

    jam enim securis ad radicem arborum posita est,

    • Mt. Bos. 3, 10
    • .
  • Mid æxum

    with axes,

    • Ps. Th. 73, 6
    • .
  • On æxe

    in securi,

    • Ps. Spl. 73, 7
    • .
  • Forðon seó æx [MS. H. sió æsc; seó eax B.] biþ melda, nalles þeóf

    because the axe is an informer, not a thief;

    quia securis acclamatrix potius est, non fur,

    • L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 23
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. acus, f
:
N. Dut. akse, f
:
Ger. axt, f
:
M.H. Ger. ackes, f
:
O. H. Ger. achus. f
;
Goth. aqizi,f
;
Dan. ökse
:
Swed. yxa
:
O. Nrs. öx, f
;
Lat. ascia, f
;
Grk. ἀξίνη
.]
Linked entries
v.  acas acs æcse eax ex.
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  • ÆX, n.