oxa

See also: oxa-

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ohsō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈok.sɑ/

Noun

oxa m

ox
- c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"
  "Sē oxa oncnēow his hlāford, and sē assa his hlāfordes binne."
  "The ox knows his master, and the ass his master's bin."
  
  Þā ġeseah hēo þæt cild licgan on binne, ðǣr sē oxa and sē assa ġewunelīce fōdan sēcað.
  Then saw she the child lying in the bin, where the ox and the ass usually seek food.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Deuteronomy 28:31
  Man slihþ þīnne oxan beforan þē, and þū his ne ābītst.
  Your ox will be slaughtered in front of you, and you won't get to taste it.

Usage notes

Anglian dialects preserve the zero-grade suffix in the nominative plural, so it is œxen in the Mercian dialect and exen in the Northumbrian dialect.

Declension

Declension of oxa (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	oxa	oxan
accusative	oxan	oxan
genitive	oxan	oxena
dative	oxan	oxum

Derived terms

oxanhierde (“oxherd”)
Oxnaford (“Oxford”)
Oxnard (“Oxnard”)

Descendants

Middle English: oxe, hox, nox, occe, ocxe, okse, ox, oxhe, oxse
- English: ox (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: ox

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