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

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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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