linsæd

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From līn (“flax”) +‎ sǣd (“seed”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈliːnˌsæːd/

Noun[edit]

līnsǣd n

linseed, flaxseed

Declension[edit]

Declension of linsæd (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	līnsǣd	līnsǣd
accusative	līnsǣd	līnsǣd
genitive	līnsǣdes	līnsǣda
dative	līnsǣde	līnsǣdum

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: linseed, lynseed, lynsede
- English: linseed

Further reading[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “linsæd”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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