Old English · noun

æx

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong i-stem
IPA: /æks/
Syllables: æks (1 syllable)
Modern English: axe ax

Meaning

Declension

Declension of æx
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	æx	æxe æxa
Accusative	æx æxe	æxe æxa
Genitive	æxe	æxa
Dative	æxe	æxum

All forms (4)

æx
æxe
æxa
æxum

Etymology

From earlier *æces ← *ækysi ← *akusi, from Proto-West Germanic *akusi, from Proto-Germanic *akwisī. Cognate with Old Frisian axa, Old Saxon akus, Old High German accus, Old Norse øx, and Gothic (aqizi).

Descendants

ax, axe

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