Old English · noun
þeoxle
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈθe͜oks.le/
- Syllables
- ˈθe͜oks · le (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- axe
Meaning
-
axe
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þehsulā, from Proto-Germanic *þehsulǭ (“axe”). Cognate with Old High German dehsala, Old Norse þexla.
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