æsc

See also: aesc

English

Alternative forms

• ash

Etymology

From Old English æsc.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăsh, IPA^(key): /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

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *askaz, *askiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ōs- (“ash”). Cognate with Old Saxon ask (Dutch es), Old High German asc (German Esche), Old Norse askr (Swedish ask). The Indo-European root, in various forms, is also the source of Ancient Greek ὀξύα (oxúa, “beech, spear-shaft”), Latin ornus, Russian я́сень (jásenʹ, “ash”), Lithuanian úosis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æʃ/

Noun

æsċ m

1. ash tree
2. (poetic) spear
3. ship
4. the runic letter ᚫ
5. the letter Æ, æ

Declension

Declension of æsc (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	æsċ	æsċas
accusative	æsċ	æsċas
genitive	æsċes	æsċa
dative	æsċe	æsċum

Derived terms

• æsċholt

Descendants

• English: ash, æsc