Noun: fleax
Gender: n
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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⁊ hæfdon ġeleornad mā cræfta hū hīe þā elpendas beswīcan mehton, mid þǣm þæt hīe nāmon trēowu, ⁊ slōgon on oþerne ende moniġe sċearpe īsene næġlas, ⁊ hīe mid flexe bewundon, ⁊ onbǣrndon hit, ⁊ beþyddan hit þonne on þone elpend hindan... (And they had learned more tricks through which they could ensnare the elephants; they took stakes and drove into the other end many sharp iron nails, and wrapped them in flax, and set them on fire, and then thrust them into the elephant from behind...)
Nouns inflected like fleax
ielfcynn,
heofonweard,
Crist,
wuldorcyning,
heofoncyning,
æðelcyning,
þrymcyning,
fugolcynn,
fleax,
boþen,
cymen,
henep,
hænep,
pipor,
gor,
lor,
tin,
swefl,
Syon,
yrþland, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *flahs, from Proto-Germanic *flahsą.
Verbs referencing "fleax"
English Nouns
flax, Middle English Nouns
flax.
Translations