wiffeax
Old English
Etymology
Compound of wif (“woman”) + feax (“hair of the head”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiːf.fæ͜ɑks/
Noun
wīffeax n
- hair (of a woman)
Declension
Declension of wiffeax (strong-a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wīffeax | wīffeax |
| accusative | wīffeax | wīffeax |
| genitive | wīffeaxes | wīffeaxa |
| dative | wīffeaxe | wīffeaxum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “wīffeax”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.