ǫxl

See also: öxl and øksl

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ahslō.

Noun

ǫxl f (genitive axlar, plural axlir)

  1. (anatomy) shoulder
  2. ridge (of a mountain)

Declension
  Declension of ǫxl (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ǫxl ǫxlin axlir axlirnar
accusative ǫxl ǫxlina axlir axlirnar
dative ǫxl ǫxlinni ǫxlum ǫxlunum
genitive axlar axlarinnar axla axlanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: öxl
  • Faroese: øksl
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: aksel, aksl, oksl
  • Norwegian Bokmål: aksel
  • Elfdalian: aksul
  • Old Swedish: axl
  • Old Danish: axæl

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