† ˈbole-ax Obs.
Also 3 bulaxe.
[a. ON. bol-öx, bul-öx ‘pole-axe’, prob. f. bolr, bulr bole of a tree + öx axe; cf. Sw. bolyxa ‘great axe’.]
A large axe; ? a pole axe.
| c 1200 Ormin 9281 Nuȝȝu iss bulaxe sett Rihht to þe treowwess rote. c 1308 Satire in Rel. Ant. II. 176 Hail be ȝe potters with ȝur bole-ax. a 1400 Octouian 1039 Two bole⁓axys grete and longe. |