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axe

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
axe, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§57; §312; §404;
Ash, ashes; cinis
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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
    • .
  • On ðære stówe ðe man ða axan gít

    in loco in quo cineres effundi solent,

    • Lev. 1, 16
    • .
  • Bearwas wurdon to axan and to ýslan

    the groves became ashes and embers,

    • Cd. 119; Th. 154, 9
    • ;
    • Gen. 2553
    • .
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v. asce.
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