"eaxl" meaning in Old English

See eaxl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /æ͜ɑksl/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *ahslu, from Proto-Germanic *ahslō. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*ahslu}} Proto-West Germanic *ahslu, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*ahslō}} Proto-Germanic *ahslō Head templates: {{ang-noun|f}} eaxl f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|eaxl}}, {{ang-decl-noun|eaxl|eaxla,eaxle|eaxle|eaxla,eaxle|eaxle|eaxla|eaxle|eaxlum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], eaxl [nominative, singular], eaxla [nominative, plural], eaxle [nominative, plural], eaxle [accusative, singular], eaxla [accusative, plural], eaxle [accusative, plural], eaxle [genitive, singular], eaxla [genitive, plural], eaxle [dative, singular], eaxlum [dative, plural], eaxel [alternative], esl [alternative], exl [alternative]
  1. shoulder Tags: feminine Synonyms: sċuldra
    Sense id: en-eaxl-ang-noun-ifRdTIFy Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Anatomy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Wiht cwōm gongan þǣr weras sǣton moniġe on mæðle, mōde snottre; hæfde ān ēage ond ēaran twā, ond II fēt, XII hund hēafda, hryċ ond wombe ond honda twā, earmas ond eaxle, ānne swēoran ond sīdan twā. Saga hwæt iċ hātte.",
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              187
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          "ref": "c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 86:",
          "text": "Wiht cwōm gongan þǣr weras sǣton moniġe on mæðle, mōde snottre; hæfde ān ēage ond ēaran twā, ond II fēt, XII hund hēafda, hryċ ond wombe ond honda twā, earmas ond eaxle, ānne swēoran ond sīdan twā. Saga hwæt iċ hātte.",
          "translation": "A being came walking there many men sat in a gathering, wise in mind; it had an eye and two ears, and two feet, twelve hundred heads, a back and a belly and two hands, arms and a shoulder, one neck and two sides. Say what I am.",
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