askr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

askr m (genitive asks, plural askar)

  1. ash (tree)
    • Vǫluspá, verse 19, lines 1-4, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4:
      Ask veit ek standa / heitir Yggdrasill / hár baðmr, ausinn / hvíta auri; […]
      I know an ash stands / named Yggdrasill / a high tree, washed / with white mud; […]
  2. wooden vessel or dish

Declension
  Declension of askr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
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
  • Westrobothnian: ask, askj
  • Old Swedish: asker
  • Old Danish: ask
    • Danish: ask
      • Norwegian Bokmål: ask
  • Gutnish: ask, äsk
  • → Old East Slavic: а́скъ (áskŭ), ꙗ́скъ (jáskŭ)

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