Old English · noun
oxa
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ˈok.sɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈok · sɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- ox
Meaning
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ox
"Sē oxa oncnēow his hlāford, and sē assa his hlāfordes binne." "The ox knows his master, and the ass his master's bin." Þā ġeseah hēo þæt ċild liċġan on binne, þǣr sē oxa and sē assa ġewunelīċe fōdan sēċað.
Then saw she the child lying in the bin, where the ox and the ass usually seek food.
c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ohsō.
Descendants
ox
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