askr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *askaz, whence also Old English æsc, Old High German ask.

Noun

askr m (genitive asks, plural askar)

ash (tree)
wooden vessel or dish

Declension

Declension of askr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	askr	askrinn	askar	askarnir
accusative	ask	askinn	aska	askana
dative	aski	askinum	ǫskum	ǫskunum
genitive	asks	asksins	aska	askanna

Descendants

Icelandic: askur
Faroese: askur
Norwegian Nynorsk: ask
Norwegian Bokmål: ask
Old Swedish: asker
- Swedish: ask
  - → Finnish: aski
Danish: ask
Gutnish: ask äsk

References

askr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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