Adesa
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[[Image:Adze.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Adesa]]
Þæt tōl, hātte '''adesa''', is gebrocen tō smēðenne rūge gehēaƿenne [[wudu|ƿudu]] in [[trēowweorce|trēoƿƿeorce]] mid handa. Oft standeþ se brūcere æt sīdan bordes oþþe stocces, sƿingþ þone adesan niðer ƿiþ his fōta, scæfþ stycce ƿuda of, færþ underbæc sƿā hīe gāþ, and þæs dēþ ƿel smēðe brādnesse. Þēah cann man hine gemǣnelīce brūcan for syndrigum snīðendum ƿeorcum. 

Þæt hēafod þæs adesan is geseted tō þǣm hæfte sƿilce [[wēodhōc|ƿēodhōc]], oþþe [[locer]], and nā ƿilce [[æcs]], þæs snīðendu ecg ƿǣre riht tō þǣre ecge adesan.
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==Stǣr==

[[image:shoe-last-adze.jpg|right|frame|[[Linearbandkeramic]] shoe-last adze, amphibolite]]

Prehistoric  [[Maori]] adzes from [[New Zealand]], used for  [[wood carving]] were made from [[actinolite|nephrite]], also known as [[jade]].

In central Europe, adzes made by [[wiktionary: knap| knap]]ping [[flint]] are known from the late [[Mesolithic]] onwards ("Scheibenbeile"). Polished adzes and axes made of [[ground stone]], like [[amphibolite]], [[basalt]] or [[Jadeite]] are typical for the Neolithic period.
[[Shoe-last]] adzes or [[Shoe-last celt|celt]]s, named for their typical shape, are found in the [[Linearbandkeramic]] and [[Rössen culture]]s of the early [[Neolithic]]. Adzes were also made and used by prehistoric southeast Asian cultures, especially in the [[Mekong River]] basin.

Þā gengran adesan sind of [[stīele]] mid [[:wikt:handle#Nama|wuduhandlum]], and sume brūcaþ hīe oþ þissum dæge: occasionally those in semi-industrial areas, but particularly 'revivalists' such as those who exist at the [[Colonial Williamsburg]] cultural center in [[Virginia]], USA. However, the traditional adze has largely been replaced by the [[sawmill]] and the [[power-planer]], at least in industrialized cultures.
Adzes are also in current use by artists such as American and Canadian Indian sculptors doing large pole work.-->

==Cynn==
*Trēoƿƿyrhtan adesa - Hefig adesa, oft mid sƿīðe stǣgerum bīgum, and sƿīðe hefigum, āstyntedum andƿlitan. Þæt geƿiht þisses adesan macaþ hine ungeþæslic for samodgangum adesanƿeorce.<!--
**Railroad adze - A carpenter's adze which had its bit extended in an effort to limit the breaking of handles when shaping railroad ties. Early examples in New England began showing up approximately in the 1940s - 1950s. The initial prototypes clearly showed a weld where the extension was attached.
*Scipwyrhtan adesa - A lighter, and more versatile adze than the carpenter's adze. This was designed to be used in a variety of positions, including overhead, as well as in front on waist and chest level.
**Lipped shipwright's adze - A variation of the shipwright's adze. It features a wider than normal bit, whose outside edges are sharply turned up, so that when gazing directly down the adze, from bit to eye, the cutting edge resembles an extremely wide and often very flat U. This adze was mainly used for shaping cross grain, such as for joining planks.
* There are also a number of specialist adzes once used for barrel stave shaping, chair seat forming and bowl and trough making.  Many of these have shorter handles for control and more curve in the head to allow better clearance for shorter cuts. 
* Another group of adzes can be differentiated by the handles, the D handled adzes have a handle where the hand can be wrapped around the D, close to the bit.  These adzes, follow closely traditional forms in that the bit or tooth is not wrapped around the handle as a head.

==Sources==
* The section about types of adzes is based on a [[Metaweb]] article at [http://www.metaweb.com/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=A_Glossary_of_Terms_For_Traditional_Timber_Framing_(Timberbee)] under the terms of the [[Wikipedia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License]].
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[[Flocc:Tōl]]
[[Flocc:Stānweorctōl]]
[[Flocc:Ealdtīdcræftlicu cræftþingcynn]]
[[Flocc:Wuduweorces handtōl]]
[[Flocc:Frumlic Tōlcræft]]
Þæt tōl, hātte adesa, is gebrocen tō smēðenne rūge gehēaƿenne ƿudu in trēoƿƿeorce mid handa. Oft standeþ se brūcere æt sīdan bordes oþþe stocces, sƿingþ þone adesan niðer ƿiþ his fōta, scæfþ stycce ƿuda of, færþ underbæc sƿā hīe gāþ, and þæs dēþ ƿel smēðe brādnesse. Þēah cann man hine gemǣnelīce brūcan for syndrigum snīðendum ƿeorcum. 

Þæt hēafod þæs adesan is geseted tō þǣm hæfte sƿilce ƿēodhōc, oþþe locer, and nā ƿilce æcs, þæs snīðendu ecg ƿǣre riht tō þǣre ecge adesan.

Cynn
Trēoƿƿyrhtan adesa - Hefig adesa, oft mid sƿīðe stǣgerum bīgum, and sƿīðe hefigum, āstyntedum andƿlitan. Þæt geƿiht þisses adesan macaþ hine ungeþæslic for samodgangum adesanƿeorce.

Flocc:Tōl
Flocc:Stānweorctōl
Flocc:Ealdtīdcræftlicu cræftþingcynn
Flocc:Wuduweorces handtōl
Flocc:Frumlic Tōlcræft