Old English · noun

feax

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /fæ͜ɑks/
Syllables: fæ͜ɑks (1 syllable)
Modern English: fairfax fax hair

Meaning

hair (on the head)

Hē hæfde blæc feax, blācne andwlitan, and medmiċele nose þynne.

He had black hair, a pale face, and a small, thin nose.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Declension

Declension of feax
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	feax	feax
Accusative	feax	feax
Genitive	feaxes	feaxa
Dative	feaxe	feaxum

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- Proto-Indo-European *poḱsom Proto-Germanic *fahsą Proto-West Germanic *fahs Old English feax From Proto-West Germanic *fahs (“hair, mane”). Cognate with Old Frisian fax, Old Saxon fahs, Old High German fahs, Old Norse fax.

Descendants

fairfax, fax

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