Þexla

Old Norse Dictionary - þexla

Meaning of Old Norse word "þexla" in English.

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

þexla
u, f. [Ivar Aasen teksla and tængsel], an adze, mod. skar-öx; með smá-öxum eðr þexlum, A.A. 270 (from the Hb.): as a nickname, Landu. (App. 355).

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Hb.
Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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