tree( OE . æsc ash tree),( Greek . οξυά oxya , Albanian ah ,beech),( Armenian . haci ash tree) ἀορτής aortês , 'swordsman' (Hes. ξιφιστής; Homer ἄορ áor 'sword'; Attic ἀορτήρ aortēr 'swordstrap', modern Greek αορτήρ aortír 'riflestrap'; hence aorta ) (According to Suidas : Many now say the knapsack ἀβερτὴ