Yrða

öx

nafnorðkvenkyn
øx, , öxar, and öxi, öxar, preserving the ö throughout; declined like heiðr, öx standing for öx-r; also spelt eyx and ex: in usage declined like höfn, öxi, axar, and öx or öxi, axir: [ aqwisi; a word common to all Indo-European languages]:—an axe. 39, 19, 70, i. 63, 180, 183, 112, 170, and passim: öxar-egg, , -skapt, the edge, haft of an axe, ii. 91, vi. 212, 111: öxar-hamarr, the back of an axe, 253, ii. 14, 221: öxarhamars-högg, a blow with the back of an axe, ix. 469, 177, , 86: öxar-hyrna, u, the hooked beak of an axe, such as a bill, halberd, or Lochaber-axe, Fær, 111, ii. 82, 82: öxar-stafr, a nickname, 86: öxar-talga, u, masonry, : öxa-tré, , i. 158: öxar-þæri, , , see þæri. The axe, rather than the sword, was the favourite national weapon of the old Norsemen and Danes, the ; Hel was the axe of king Magnus, and for various names of axes, see (Gl.); breið-öx, bol-öx, hand-öx, tapar-öx, skegg-öx, tálg-öx, skar-öx; the ‘öx snaghyrnd’ or snaga (see p. 573) is the same as the Scottish Lochaber-axe, see Sir Walter Scott, Waveriey, i. 17, used for climbing walls, and compare the feat related in , 310.
II. in local names, Öxar-á, the Axe water, in , the origin of the name is told in i. 202: Öxar-fjörðr, Axefirth, : Öxfirðingar, the men from Axefirth, 219, 223: Öxarár-þing, the assembly at Öxará = alþingi,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • i. e.id est.
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • dat.þágufall (e. dative)
  • acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
  • pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • mod.modern.
  • nom.nefnifall (e. nominative)
  • Goth.Gothic.
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • cp.compare.
  • prob.probably.
  • ch.chapter.
  • l. c.loco citato.
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