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ÆSC

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ÆSC, g. æsces; pl. nom. acc. æscas, ascas; g. æsca, asca; d. æscum, ascum; m;
Wright's OE grammar
§56; §387;
an ash-tree; fraxinus excelsior
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  • On ðone æsc

    to the ash-tree.

    • Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 461
      • ;
    • A. D. 956
      • ;
    • Kmbl. iii. 450, 3
      • .

  • Æsc

    fraxinus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 45; Som. 64, 98
      • .
the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨ; = æ, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is æsc an ash-tree, hence this Rune not only stands for the letter æ, but for æsc an ash-tree, as, —
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  • ᚨ; byþ oferheáh, eldum dýre, stíþ staðule

    the ash-tree is over-high, dear to men, firm in its place,

    • Hick. Thes. vol. i. p. 135;
    • Runic pm. 26; Kmbl. 344, 23
      • .

  • Se torhta æsc

    the remarkable Rune æsc,

    • Exon. 112a; Th. 429, 24
      • ;
    • Rä. 43, 9
      • .
an ash-spear, a spear, lance; hasta fraxinea, hasta
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  • Byrhtnóþ wánd wácne æsc

    Byrhtnoth brandished his slender ashen spear,

    • Byrht. Th. 132, 68
      • ;
    • By. 43: 140, 59
      • ;
    • By. 310
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  • Ðe ðé æsca tír æt gúðe forgeaf

    who to thee gave glory of spears in battle.

    • Cd. 97; Th. 127, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 2108
      • .

  • Asca,

    g. pl.
    • Exon. 78a; Th. 292, 15
      • ;
    • Wand. 99
      • .

  • Æscum

    with spears.

    • Beo. Th. 3548
      • ;
    • B. 1772
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2195
      • ;
    • An. 1099
      • .
because boats were made of ash, — a small ship, a skiff, a light vessel to sail or row in; navis, navigium, dromo
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  • Hét Ælfréd cyng timbrian langscipu ongén ða æscas

    king Alfred commanded to build long ships against those ships,

    • Chr. 897; Th. i. 174, 41
      • .

  • Æsc

    dromo,

    • Wrt. Voc. 63, 34: 56, 24
      • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. asc, m
:
O. Nrs. askr, m. arbor, fraxinus, vas ligneum, navis, gladius, Egils
.]
Derived forms
daroþ-æsc, ceaster-, æsc-rind
Linked entries
v.  æscen asca barþ.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ÆSC.” 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/834.

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