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.

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