ǫxull
See also: öxull
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *ahsulaz. Compare also Proto-Germanic *ahsō.
Noun
[edit]ǫxull m (genitive ǫxuls, plural ǫxlar)
- an axle
Declension
[edit]| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ǫxull | ǫxullinn | ǫxlar | ǫxlarnir |
| accusative | ǫxul | ǫxulinn | ǫxla | ǫxlana |
| dative | ǫxli | ǫxlinum | ǫxlum | ǫxlunum |
| genitive | ǫxuls | ǫxulsins | ǫxla | ǫxlanna |
Derived terms
[edit]- ǫxultré n
Related terms
[edit]- ǫxl f
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: öxull
- Norwegian Nynorsk: aksel
- Norwegian Bokmål: aksel
- Old Swedish: axul
- Swedish: axel
- Danish: aksel
- ⇒ Middle English: axil, auxil, axle
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “öxull”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 532; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
- page/532 Internet Archive]