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oxa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
oxa, an ; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §47; §106; §107; §156; §158; §327; §401; §562;
An ox
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  • Oxa bos ... oxa on ðam forman teáme unus, on ðam æfteran teáme

    binus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 39, 47-48: ii. 48, 36.
  • Oxa

    bova,

    i.
      287, 54.
  • Wilde oxa

    bubalus,

      22, 46.
  • Oexen

    boves,

      Ps. Surt. 49, 10 : ií. p. 291, 11.
  • Án getýme oxena,

      Lk. Skt. 14, 19.
  • Oxna hyrde

    aubobulcus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 63.
    iiii oxnum gers mid cyninges oxnum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 64, 29.
  • Ðá genam Abimelech oxan and scép,

      Gen. 20, 14. ¶
    The value of an ox as given in the Laws was 30 pence :-- Oxan mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. p., L. O. D. 7 ; Th. i. 356, 4.
  • Oxan tó mancuse,

      L. Ath. v. 6, 2 ; Th. i. 234, 1. .xxx.
    pæñ scyldig oððe ánes oxan, v. 8, 5 ; Th. i. 236, 31.
Etymology
[Goth. auhsa : Icel. uxi : O. H. Ger. ohso.]
Similar entries
v. feld-, steór-oxa. The word is found in many placenames; see e. g. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 320.
Linked entries
v.  axan exen.
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