hasla

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • hasle (e- and split infinitives)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse hasla.

Verb

hasla (present tense haslar, past tense hasla, past participle hasla, passive infinitive haslast, present participle haslande, imperative hasl)

  1. (historical) to mark the limits of a fighting area by use of hazel staves

References

Anagrams


Old Norse

Noun

hasla f (genitive hǫslu)

  1. hazel pole
Declension

Verb

hasla

  1. to mark out by hazel poles
  2. to challenge to a pitched battle or duel
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hasla, hasle

Noun

hasla

  1. genitive plural indefinite of hasl m

References

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