ǫxull

See also: öxull

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

ǫxull m (genitive ǫxuls, plural ǫxlar)

an axle

Declension

Declension of ǫxull (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	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

References

öxull in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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