Obs. Also 3 bulaxe. [a. ON. bol-öx, bul-öx ‘pole-ax,’ prob. f. bolr, bulr bole of a tree + öx ax; cf. Sw. bolyxa ‘great ax.’] A large ax; ? a pole ax.
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.
