eldertongue

Old English · noun

scierseax

Normalised sċierseax

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈʃi͜yrˌsæ͜ɑks/
Syllables
ˈʃi͜yr · ˌsæ͜ɑks (2 syllables)
Modern English
razor

Meaning

  1. razor

Declension

Declension of scierseax
SingularPlural
Nominative sċierseaxsċierseax
Accusative sċierseaxsċierseax
Genitive sċierseaxessċierseaxa
Dative sċierseaxesċierseaxum

All forms (5)

Etymology

sċieran (“to shave”) + seax (“knife”)

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