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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old English æsċ.

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Noun

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æsc (plural æscas)

  1. The symbol Æ, æ.

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *ask. See there for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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æsċ m (nominative plural æscas)

  1. ash tree
  2. (poetic) spear
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      Eorlas fornōman · asca þrȳþe,
      wǣpen wælġīfru, · wyrd sēo mǣre,
      ond þās stānhleoþu · stormas cnyssað,
      The warriors took away the strength of spears,
      killing-greedy weapons, the fate is famous
      and the storms hit these stone slopes,
  3. a kind of small, light Viking ship used for raids
  4. the runic letter
  5. the letter Æ, æ

Declension

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative æsċ æscas
accusative æsċ æscas
genitive æsċes æsca
dative æsċe æscum

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: asshe
    • English: ash
    • Scots: aish, esh
  • English: æsc (learned)