saxar

Icelandic

Verb

saxar

  1. inflection of saxa:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person singular present indicative

Old Norse

Etymology

Derived from Proto-West Germanic *sahs (“knife, dagger”), and akin to English Saxon. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

saxar m pl

  1. the Saxons

Declension

Declension of saxar (weak an-stem, plural only)
masculine plural
indefinite definite
nominative saxar saxarnir
accusative saxa saxana
dative sǫxum sǫxunum
genitive saxa saxanna

Derived terms

  • Saxelfr f (“the river Elbe”)
  • Saxland n (“the land of the Saxons; Saxony”)
  • saxlenzkr (“Saxon, German”)
  • saxneskr (“Saxon, German”)
  • sax n (“sword, shears”)

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: saksar m
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sakser m

See also

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “saxar”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Noun

saxar

  1. indefinite plural of sax

Verb

saxar

  1. present indicative of saxa
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