jaxl
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse jaxl; compare Faroese jakslur (“a molar”) (also jaksli and jaksul), the Nynorsk word jaksle and jæksl. Probably related to agn (“bait”) and jaga.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jakstl/, /jaxstl/
Noun
jaxl m (genitive singular jaxls, nominative plural jaxlar)
- (teeth) molar
- tough guy, tough cookie (someone who can endure physical or mental hardship; a hardened, strong-willed person)
Declension
Derived terms
terms derived from jaxl meaning "molar"
- bíta á jaxlinn
- bíta á jaxlinn og bölva í hljóði
- endajaxl (wisdom tooth)
- fellingajaxl
- forjaxl
- gaddjaxl
- geirjaxl (wisdom tooth)
- hnúðjaxl
- jaxlakirtlar
- jaxlbróðir
- jaxlastæði
- jaxlasvæði
- jaxlaröð
- jaxlaslit
- mjólkurjaxl
- ránjaxl
- vísdómsjaxl
terms derived from jaxl meaning "tough guy"
- dugnaðarjaxl
- harðjaxl
- togarajaxl
unallocated derived terms
- broddjaxl
- hnúðjaxl
- hornjaxl
- jaxlaröð
- sagjaxl
Related terms
- -jaxl
- grænjaxl
References
- Íslensk orðsifjabók by Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon, page 431
Old Norse
Etymology
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Declension
Derived terms
- jaxlaverkr
- jaxlgarðr
Descendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: jeksel
References
- “jaxl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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