saxar

Old Norse

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“knife, dagger”), and akin to English Saxon.

Noun

saxar m pl

  1. the Saxons

Declension
  Declension of saxar, (weak an-stem, plural only)
masculine plural
indefinite definite
nominative saxar saxarnir
accusative saxa saxana
dative sǫxum sǫxunum
genitive saxa saxanna
  • sax n (“sword, shears”)

Derived terms
  • Saxelfr f (“the river Elbe”)
  • Saxland n (“the land of the Saxons; Saxony”)
  • saxlenzkr (“Saxon, German”)
  • saxneskr (“Saxon, German”)

Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: saksar m

See also

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

Swedish

Noun

saxar

  1. indefinite plural of sax
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