See also: Saxa and saxã

Icelandic edit

Verb edit

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

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

Conjugation edit

Latin edit

Noun edit

saxa

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of saxum

Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

From sax (a small oneedged sword; shears).

Verb edit

saxa

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

References edit

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

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

saxa

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

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

sax (pair of scissors, shears) +‎ -a

Verb edit

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 edit

References edit