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aesc

aesc is the alternative form of æsc.

Meaning of æsc

Noun

æsc (plural æscas)

  1. 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

Questions about aesc

What is aesc the alternative form of?
Aesc is the alternative form of æsc.

Words near aesc in the dictionary

  1. aes
  2. AESA
  3. Aesacus
  4. Aesah
  5. AESAs
  6. aesc
  7. Aeschin.
  8. Aeschines
  9. Aeschliman
  10. Aeschlimans
  11. Aeschylean

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