æsc

See also: aesc

English

Alternative forms

• æsh, ash

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old English æsċ.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ăsh, IPA^(key): /æʃ/
• Rhymes: -æʃ

Noun

æsc (plural æscas)

1. The symbol Æ, æ.

See also

• œthel

Anagrams

• ACEs, ASCE, Aces, CASE, Case, Ceas, ESCA, SCEA, aces, case, esca

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æʃ/

Noun

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 ᚫ
5. the letter Æ, æ

Declension

Strong a-stem:

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

Derived terms

• Æsċ
• æsċholt
• æsċen

Descendants

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