Saxa

Old Norse Dictionary - saxa

Meaning of Old Norse word "saxa" in English.

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

saxa Old Norse word can mean:

saxa: að, to chop, hack; saxa í ketil, Stj. 615; saxa ok skera mör, K. Þ. K. 92; hann saxar baggana með páli, Sd. 157; þeir bera vápn á hann ok saxa hann þar til er hann hefir bana, Fms. xi. 146; lögðusk þeir á hann ofan ok vóru þar saxaðir, 367, Sturl. i. 85, Bret. 114; laetr hann nú saxa á geirvörtuna á sér, Fs. 176.

saxa: 2. reflex., það saxask á e-t, it is soon chopped up, i. e. the thing is soon finished; saxast nú á limina hans Björns míns, Maurer’s Volksagen 234.

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

Similar entries:

Saxa (II)

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

i. e.: id est.

reflex.: retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Bret.: Breta Sögur. (G. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)

Sd.: Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

Björn: Biörn Halldórsson.

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