Old English · noun
taporæx
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- Modern English
- axe
Meaning
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a small axe
ealla þa gerihta þe þar of arisaþ of æiþre healfe þare hæfene, swa þæt loc whenne þæt flot byþ ealra hehst 7 ealra fullost ᵇᵉᵒ an scip flotigende
ealla þa ᵹeꞃıhꞇa þe þaꞃ oꝼ aꞃıꞅað·oꝼ æıðꞃe healꝼe ðaꞃe hæꝼene·ꞅƿa ꝥ loc ƿhenne ꝥ ꝼloꞇ bi·þ ealꞃa hehꞅꞇ 7 ealꞃa ꝼulloꞅꞇ ᵇᵉᵒ an ꞅcıp ꝼloꞇıᵹenꝺe ꞅƿa neh þan lanꝺe ꞅƿa hıꞇ ni·xꞇ [mæ]ᵹe 7 þaꞃ beo an mann ꞅꞇanꝺe on þan ꞅcıpe 7 habbe ane ꞇapeꞃ æx on hıꞅ [hanꝺa]
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Old Norse taparøx (“small axe”), from Old East Slavic топоръ (toporŭ), from Proto-Slavic *toporъ, probably from an Iranian language. Judging by dictionaries, the axe is only mentioned as tool to define shore width by throwing it from a ship that is floating next to shore during high tide (Danish king Cnut gave to Christ Church at Canterbury the Sandwich port and landings along River Stour from Sandwich to the river mouth). Compared with francisca (throwing axe) and also: * Axe 1 and axe 2 (600±100 AD) from Ozengell cemetery, Kent (fig. 1 and 2 in Hewitt, No. 1 in Archaeologia) * Axe from …
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