taparøx

Old Norse

Etymology

Either borrowed from Old East Slavic топорьць (toporĭcĭ, “small топоръ”) or *tapar (“?axe”) +‎ øx (“axe”), from топоръ (toporŭ), from Proto-Slavic *toporъ.

Noun

taparøx f

1. small axe

Declension

  Declension of taparøx (strong ijō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	taparøx	taparøxin	taparøxar, taparaxar	taparøxarnar, taparaxarnar
accusative	taparøxi	taparøxina	taparøxar, taparaxar	taparøxarnar, taparaxarnar
dative	taparøxi	taparøxinni	taparøxum, taparǫxum	taparøxunum, taparǫxunum
genitive	taparøxar, taparaxar	taparøxarinnar, taparaxarinnar	taparøxa, taparaxa	taparøxanna, taparaxanna

Derived terms

• → Old English: taper æx (“securis parvula”)

References

• “taparøx” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
• Gerhard Köbler (2014) “Altnordisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse dictionary]”, in https://koeblergerhard.de (in German), 4th edition, taparøx
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[tapar-øx], Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tapar-öx” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)