acse

Old English

Etymology

Alteration by metathesis of asċe, itself a variant with extended a-restoration of æsċe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑk.se/

Noun

acse f

1. Alternative form of æsċe (“ash”)

   Ġē syndon dust and acsan and ysela. [Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 38, 23]

   Ye are dust and ash and cinder.

Declension

Declension of acse (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	acse	acsan
accusative	acsan	acsan
genitive	acsan	acsena
dative	acsan	acsum

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth (1898) Thomas Northcote Toller, editor, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, s.v. “acse”, page 5/2