saxar
Icelandic edit
Verb edit
saxar
- inflection of saxa:
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Proto-West Germanic *sahs (“knife, dagger”), and akin to English Saxon. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
saxar m pl
- the Saxons
Declension edit
Declension of saxar, (weak an-stem, plural only)
Derived terms edit
- Saxelfr f (“the river Elbe”)
- Saxland n (“the land of the Saxons; Saxony”)
- saxlenzkr (“Saxon, German”)
- saxneskr (“Saxon, German”)
Related terms edit
- sax n (“sword, shears”)
Descendants edit
See also edit
- frakkar m pl (“Franks”)
References edit
- “saxar”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish edit
Noun edit
saxar
- indefinite plural of sax
Verb edit
saxar