feax

• fæx, fex

From Proto-Germanic *fahsą (“hair, mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *poḱs- (“hair”). Cognate with Old Frisian fax (“hair”), Old Saxon fahs (“hair”), Old High German fahs (“headhair”), Old Norse fax (“mane”).

• IPA^(key): /fæɑ̯ks/

feax n

1. hair (on the head)
   • c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Hē hæfde blæc feax, blācne andwlitan, and medmiċele nose þynne.

     He had black hair, a pale face, and a small, thin nose.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"

     Þā se enġel ġelǣhte hine be þām feaxe and hine bær tō Babylōne.

     Then the angel grabbed him by the hair and carried him to Babylon.

• Middle English: fax, fex, vax
  • English: fax, Fairfax
  • Scots: fax