meteseax

Old English

Alternative forms

  • metseax

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *matisahsą (literally “food-knife”) equivalent to mete +‎ seax. Cognate with Old Saxon metisahs, Old Dutch *metisas (Dutch mes), Old High German mezzisahs (German Messer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeteˌsæɑks/

Noun

meteseax n

  1. knife, especially one used to cut food

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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