mæce

Old English

Alternative forms

mēċe

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz. Cognate with Old Saxon māki, Old Norse mækir, and Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (mēkeis).

Borrowed into Slavic: see e.g. Russian меч (meč), Serbo-Croatian mȁč, Czech, Slovak and Slovene meč, Polish miecz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmæː.t͡ʃe/

Noun

mǣċe m

(rare) sword

Usage notes

Usually attested as the Anglian form mēċe.

Declension

Declension of mæce (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	mǣċe	mǣċas
accusative	mǣċe	mǣċas
genitive	mǣċes	mǣċa
dative	mǣċe	mǣċum

Synonyms

sweord

Derived terms

mǣċefisc

Descendants

Middle English: meche, mache, mæche

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.