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EAX

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
EAX, , ex, æx , e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§68; §367;
An axis, axle-tree; axis
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  • Neáh ðam norþende ðære eaxe

    near the north end of the axis,

    • Bt. 39,
      • 3;
    • Fox 214, 20: 39,
      • 13;
    • Fox 232, 33: Bt. Met. Fox 28,
      • 44;
    • Met. 28, 22: 29,
      • 36;
    • Met. 29,
      • 18.

  • On ðære ilcan eaxe hwerfeþ eall rúma ródor

    all the spacious sky turns on the same axis,

    • 28,
      • 30;
    • Met. 28,
      • 15.

  • Ymb ða eaxe

    about the axis,

    • Bt. 39,
      • 3;
    • Fox 214,
      • 23.

  • On wǽnes eaxe hwearlaþ ða hweói, and sió eax stent stille

    the wheels turn on the waggon's axle-tree, and the axle-tree stands still,

    • 39,
      • 7;
    • Fox 220, 27, 30, 31: 39,
      • 8;
    • Fox 224,
      • 5.

  • Sió nafu ferþ néhst ðære eaxe

    the nave goes nearest to the axle-tree,

    • 39,
      • 7;
    • Fox 222, 2, 12, 20, 21, 22,
      • 28.

  • Twegen steorran synd gehátene axis, ðæt is ex, forðamðe se firmamentum went on ðam twám steorran, swá swá hweogel tyrnþ on eaxe, and forðí hi standaþ symle stille two stars are called axis,

    that is axle-tree, because the firmament turns on the two stars, as a wheel turns on an axle-tree, and because they always stand still,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
      • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 16,
      • 12-15;
    • Lchdm. iii. 270,
      • 20-23.
Etymology
[
Wyc. ax-tre, ex-tre an axle-tree:
Plat, asse:
Dut. as, f:
Ger. achse, axe, f;
M. H. Ger. ahse, f:
O. H. Ger. ahsa. f;
Dan. axe. m. f;
Swed. axel, m;
Icel. axull, öxull, m; öxul-tré, n:
Lat. axis, m:
Grk. ἄξων, m:
Lith. aszis, f:
Sansk. aksha the axle of a wheel, a wheel, car
.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “EAX.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/8808.

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  • EAX, n.

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