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EAXEL

  • noun [ feminine ]
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EAXEL, eaxl, exl, e; f: eaxle, an; f.
The shoulder; hŭmĕrus
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  • Standeþ [MS. standaþ] me hér on eaxelum

    stands here on my shoulders,

    • Wald. 92
    • ;
    • Vald. 2,
    • 18.
  • Geféng he be eaxle Grendles módor

    he seized Grendel's mother by the shoulder,

    • Beo. Th. 3078
    • ;
    • B. 1537
    • .
  • He forlét earm and eaxle

    he left arm and shoulder,

    • 1948
    • ;
    • B. 972
    • .
  • He gewérgad sæt freán eaxlum neáh

    he sat wearied near his lord's shoulders,

    • 5699
    • ;
    • B. 2853: 722
    • ;
    • B. 358
    • .
  • Hæfde earmas and eaxle

    it had arms and shoulders,

    • Exon. 129 a
    • ;
    • Th. 494,
    • 24;
    • Rä. 83,
    • 6.
  • Gif eaxle gelæmed weorþeþ if a shoulder be lamed, L. Ethb. 38;

    Th. i.

    • 14,
    • 2.
  • He hit set on his exla

    impōnit eam in hŭmĕros suos,

    • Lk. Bos. 15, 5: Andr. Kmbl. 3148
    • ;
    • An. 1577
    • .
Etymology
[
Laym. exle, dat:
O. Sax. ahsla, f:
O. Frs. axle, axele, f:
Ger. achsel, f:
M. H. Ger. ahsel, f:
O. H. Ger. ahsala, f:
Goth. amsa, m:
Dan. axel, m. f:
Swed. axel, m:
Icel. öxl, f:
Lat. axilla, f
.]
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v.  eaxle esl exl.
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