linsæd

Old English

Etymology

From līn (“flax”) +‎ sǣd (“seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːnˌsæːd/

Noun

līnsǣd n

1. linseed, flaxseed

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	līnsǣd	līnsǣd
accusative	līnsǣd	līnsǣd
genitive	līnsǣdes	līnsǣda
dative	līnsǣde	līnsǣdum

Descendants

• Middle English: linseed, lynseed, lynsede
  • English: linseed

Further reading

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