saxa

See also: Saxa and saxã

Icelandic

Verb

saxa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative saxaði, supine saxað)

  1. to chop, to cut into pieces
  2. to mince

Conjugation

Latin

Noun

saxa

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of saxum

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From sax (a small oneedged sword; shears).

Verb

saxa

  1. to cut, chop or hack with a small oneedged sword or a dagger
  2. to shear
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Icelandic: saxa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: saksa, sakse

References

  • saxa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

saxa

  1. genitive plural of sax n
  2. inflection of saxar m pl
    1. accusative plural of saxar
    2. genitive plural of saxar

Swedish

Etymology

sax (pair of scissors, shears) + -a

Verb

saxa (present saxar, preterite saxade, supine saxat, imperative saxa)

  1. to cut (something) out (from a paper or magazine)
  2. (by extension) to cite (something)
  3. (skiing) to herringbone
  4. to do a scissors jump (in high jump)
  5. (sex) to scissor (engage in scissoring)

Conjugation

References

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