æsc

See also: aesc

English

Alternative forms

• æsh, ash

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old English æsċlbor.

English æsc

Learned borrowing from Old English æsċ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

æsc (plural æscas)

1. The name of the Latin script letter 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.

Cognate with Latin ornus (“a mountain ash tree, rowan tree; a lance made of the wood of an ash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æʃ/
• Rhymes: -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 character ᚫ (/æ(ː)/)
   • The Old English rune poem

     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.

5. The name of the Latin script 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)