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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jakstl/, /jaxstl/

Noun

jaxl m (genitive singular jaxls, nominative plural jaxlar)

1. (teeth) molar
2. tough guy, tough cookie (someone who can endure physical or mental hardship; a hardened, strong-willed person)

Declension

declension of jaxl

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jaxl	jaxlinn	jaxlar	jaxlarnir
accusative	jaxl	jaxlinn	jaxla	jaxlana
dative	jaxli	jaxlinum	jöxlum	jöxlunum
genitive	jaxls	jaxlsins	jaxla	jaxlanna

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

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

jaxl m (genitive jaxls, plural jaxlar)

1. molar

Declension

  Declension of jaxl (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jaxl	jaxlinn	jaxlar	jaxlarnir
accusative	jaxl	jaxlinn	jaxla	jaxlana
dative	jaxli	jaxlinum	jǫxlum	jǫxlunum
genitive	jaxls	jaxlsins	jaxla	jaxlanna

Derived terms

• jaxlaverkr
• jaxlgarðr

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: jeksel

References

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