beizl

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baitislą. Related to Old Norse beita (“to make bite”), bíta (“to bite”).

Noun

beizl n

1. bridle

   leggja beizl við hest

   to bridle a horse

Declension

  Declension of beizl (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	beizl	beizlit	beizl	beizlin
accusative	beizl	beizlit	beizl	beizlin
dative	beizli	beizlinu	beizlum	beizlunum
genitive	beizls	beizlsins	beizla	beizlanna

Derived terms

• beizla (“to bridle”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: beisl, beisli
• Norwegian Nynorsk: beisel, beksel
• Norwegian Bokmål: bissel
• Danish: bidsel
• Old Swedish: bezl, besl
  • Swedish: betsel

References

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