axe
- noun [ feminine ]
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Swá swá dust oððe axe
as dust or ashes,
- Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 9 :
- Bt. Met. Fox 20, 211 ;
- Met. 20, 106 .
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On ðære stówe ðe man ða axan gít
in loco in quo cineres effundi solent,
- Lev. 1, 16 .
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Bearwas wurdon to axan and to ýslan
the groves became ashes and embers,
- Cd. 119; Th. 154, 9 ;
- Gen. 2553 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “axe.” 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/2799.
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