Œxl

Old Norse Dictionary - œxl

Meaning of Old Norse word "œxl" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

œxl
n. (mod. æxli), an excrescence, medic.; hón hafði œxl mikit … var hönd hans heil, en horfit æxlit, 655 xxii. B. 1; freq. in mod. usage.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛋᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

freq.
frequent, frequently.
medic.
medicine, medically.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.

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