wiffeax

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compound of wif (“woman”) +‎ feax (“hair of the head”)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈwiːf.fæ͜ɑks/

Noun[edit]

wīffeax n

hair (of a woman)

Declension[edit]

Declension of wiffeax (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wīffeax	wīffeax
accusative	wīffeax	wīffeax
genitive	wīffeaxes	wīffeaxa
dative	wīffeaxe	wīffeaxum

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wīffeax”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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