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ASCE

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ASCE, æsce [g. æscean], acse, ahse, axe, axse, æxe, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§57; §312; §404;
ASH, ashes; cinis
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  • On ðære ascan

    in the ashes,

    • Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 27
    • ;
    • Ph. 231: 60a
    • ;
    • Th. 217, 24
    • ;
    • Ph. 285
    • .
  • Gebreadad weorþeþ eft of ascan

    it becomes formed again from [its] ashes,

    • 61a; Th. 224, 9
    • ;
    • Ph. 373
    • .
  • Ascan and ýslan

    ashes and embers,

    • 64a; Th. 236, 18
    • ;
    • Ph. 576: 65a
    • ;
    • Th. 240, 33
    • ;
    • Ph. 648
    • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. asca, f. cinis
:
Goth. azgo, f
:
O. Nrs. aska, f
.]
Linked entries
v.  acse æsce ahse asca axe axse.
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  • ASCE, n.