æderseax

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Composed of ǣdre +‎ seax.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæː.derˌsæ͜ɑks/

Noun

ǣderseax n

  1. scalpel, lancet

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative ǣderseax ǣderseax
accusative ǣderseax ǣderseax
genitive ǣderseaxes ǣderseaxa
dative ǣderseaxe ǣderseaxum

Synonyms

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǣderseax”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.