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

Descendants

  • Icelandic: öxull
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: aksel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: aksel
  • Old Swedish: axul
  • 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 Internet Archive
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