æsc
UK/æʃ/
æsc noun: the name of the Latin script letter Æ/æ.
Noun
æsc (plural æscas)
- The name of the Latin script letter Æ/æ.
- Certain voicing of consonants in medial positions, long unrepresented in standard West Saxon, are now recorded in spelling (lufian becomes luvien), and there are significant changes also in the representation of vowels. The letter æ (æsc) disappears completely and is replaced by a, for the short...1997, Derek Pearsall, “Language and Literature”, in Nigel Saul, editor, The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval England, page 257
- In this story, I have changed the rune letters wyn (ƿ), yogh (ȝ), and thorn (þ) and eth (ð) into the Roman characters w, g, and th, which indicate almost the same consonant sounds to Modern English readers. I have kept one letter, æsc (æ), in its Old English form, in part because there is no good...2003, Rebecca Tingle, The edge on the sword, New York: Speak/Penguin
Examples of æsc in a sentence
- The letter æ (æsc) disappears completely and is replaced by a, for the short vowel, or e/ea, for the long vowel.1997, Derek Pearsall, “Language and Literature”, in Nigel Saul, editor, The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval England, page 257:
- I have kept one letter, æsc (æ), in its Old English form, in part because there is no good Modern English equivalent, and because it represents the principal sound in my main character’s name.2003, Rebecca Tingle, The edge on the sword, New York: Speak/Penguin:
Forms of æsc
| plural | æscas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | æsh |
| alternative form | ash |
Origin of æsc
Learned borrowing from Old English æsċ.
Words that rhyme with æsc
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- hash
- mash
- rash
- plash
- thrash
- cache
- gash
- gnash
- goulash
- pash
- rehash
- sash
- stash
- bash
- bedash
- brash
- fash
- ganache
- overlash
- potash
- slapdash
- abash
- backslash
- backsplash
- calash
- gatecrash
- Kash
- midrash
- mishmash
- panache
- shamash
- shash
- stramash
- taplash
- apache
- bardash
- berdache
- Chumash
- encash
- haberdash
- heat rash
- keysmash
- Lagash
- Malagash
- Miminegash
- newsflash
- outflash
- overrash
Questions about æsc
- What does æsc mean?
- Æsc means the name of the Latin script letter Æ/æ.
- How do you use æsc in a sentence?
- The letter æ (æsc) disappears completely and is replaced by a, for the short vowel, or e/ea, for the long vowel.
- What part of speech is æsc?
- Æsc is a noun.
- How do you pronounce æsc?
- Æsc is pronounced /æʃ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of æsc?
- The plural of æsc is æscas.
Words near æsc in the dictionary
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