Old English · noun

æs

Normalised ǣs

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
Modern English: eaceworm easse iss yess bait food meat carcass

Meaning

food, meat
carrion, dead carcass
bait

Declension

Declension of æs
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ǣs	ǣs
Accusative	ǣs	ǣs
Genitive	ǣses	ǣsa
Dative	ǣse	ǣsum

All forms (5)

ǣs
ǣses
ǣsa
ǣse
ǣsum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ēsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēdsto-. Cognate with West Frisian ies (“bait, carrion”), Dutch aas (“bait, carrion”) and German Aas (“bait, carrion”).

Descendants

eaceworm, easse, iss, yess

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