Noun: æsc
Gender:
Sample Sentences
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Eorlas fornōman · asca þrȳþe,
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wǣpen wælġīfru, · wyrd sēo mǣre,
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ond þās stānhleoþu · stormas cnyssað, (The warriors took away the strength of spears,
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killing-greedy weapons, the fate is famous
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and the storms hit these stone slopes,) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
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The Old English rune poem
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ᚫ biþ oferhēah, eldum dȳre, stīþ on staþule; stede rihte hylt þēah him feohtan on fīras moniġe. (Ash is towering, beloved of men Stiff in its station, holds to it steadfastly Though many men battle against it.)
Nouns inflected like æsc
hilderinc,
heaþorinc,
hronfisc,
sweordfisc,
hlinc,
æsc,
hranfisc,
hornfisc,
beadurinc,
fyrdrinc,
disc,
fisc,
rinc,
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *ask. See there for more.
2. Cognate with Latin ornus (“a mountain ash tree, rowan tree; a lance made of the wood of an ash”). See: Latin Nouns '
ornus'.
Verbs referencing "æsc"
Latin Nouns
ornus.
Translations