ǫxull

See also: öxull

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahsulaz. Compare also Proto-Germanic *ahsō.

Noun

ǫxull m (genitive ǫxuls, plural ǫxlar)

1. an axle

Declension

  Declension of ǫxull (strong a-stem)

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

• ǫxultré n

Related terms

• ǫxl f

Descendants

• Icelandic: öxull
• Norwegian Nynorsk: aksel
• Norwegian Bokmål: aksel
• Old Swedish: axul
  • Swedish: axel
• Danish: aksel
• ⇒ Middle English: axil, auxil, axle
  • English: axle
  • Scots: aixle

Further reading

• 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

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