ÆX
- noun [ feminine ]
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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 .
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Mid æxum
with axes,
- Ps. Th. 73, 6 .
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On æxe
in securi,
- Ps. Spl. 73, 7 .
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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 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “ÆX.” 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/1072.
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