saxa

See also: Saxa and saxã

Icelandic

Verb

saxa

  1. to chop, cut into pieces
  2. to mince

Latin

Noun

saxa

  1. nominative plural of saxum
  2. accusative plural of saxum
  3. vocative plural of saxum

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From sax (“a small oneedged sword; shears”).

Verb

saxa

  1. to cut, chop or hack with a small oneedged sword or a dagger
  2. to shear
Conjugation
Conjugation of saxa — active (weak class 2)
infinitive saxa
present participle saxandi
past participle saxaðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular saxa saxaða
2nd-person singular saxar saxaðir
3rd-person singular saxar saxaði
1st-person plural sǫxum sǫxuðum
2nd-person plural saxið sǫxuðuð
3rd-person plural saxa sǫxuðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular saxa saxaða
2nd-person singular saxir saxaðir
3rd-person singular saxi saxaði
1st-person plural saxim saxaðim
2nd-person plural saxið saxaðið
3rd-person plural saxi saxaði
imperative present
2nd-person singular saxa
1st-person plural sǫxum
2nd-person plural saxið
Conjugation of saxa — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive saxask
present participle saxandisk
past participle saxazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular sǫxumk sǫxuðumk
2nd-person singular saxask saxaðisk
3rd-person singular saxask saxaðisk
1st-person plural sǫxumsk sǫxuðumsk
2nd-person plural saxizk sǫxuðuzk
3rd-person plural saxask sǫxuðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular sǫxumk sǫxuðumk
2nd-person singular saxisk saxaðisk
3rd-person singular saxisk saxaðisk
1st-person plural saximsk saxaðimsk
2nd-person plural saxizk saxaðizk
3rd-person plural saxisk saxaðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular saxask
1st-person plural sǫxumsk
2nd-person plural saxizk
Descendants
  • Icelandic: saxa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: saksa, sakse

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

saxa

  1. genitive plural of sax n
  2. inflection of saxar m pl
    1. accusative plural of saxar
    2. genitive plural of saxar
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