"wiffeax" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwiːf.fæ͜ɑks/
Etymology: Compound of wif (“woman”) + feax (“hair of the head”) Etymology templates: {{af|ang|wif|feax|t1=woman|t2=hair of the head}} wif (“woman”) + feax (“hair of the head”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=wīffeax|sort=}} wīffeax n, {{ang-noun|n|head=wīffeax}} wīffeax n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|wīffeax}}, {{ang-decl-noun|wīffeax|wīffeax|wīffeax|wīffeax|wīffeaxes|wīffeaxa|wīffeaxe|wīffeaxum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: wīffeax [canonical, neuter], strong [table-tags], wīffeax [nominative, singular], wīffeax [nominative, plural], wīffeax [accusative, singular], wīffeax [accusative, plural], wīffeaxes [genitive, singular], wīffeaxa [genitive, plural], wīffeaxe [dative, singular], wīffeaxum [dative, plural]
  1. hair (of a woman)
    Sense id: en-wiffeax-ang-noun-0AFWu~Px Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for wiffeax meaning in Old English (2.2kB)

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