Uxi

Old Norse Dictionary - uxi

Meaning of Old Norse word "uxi" in English.

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

uxi Old Norse word can mean:

uxi
a, m., older form oxi; in plur. yxn, öxn (cp. the A. S. oxa, pl. oxan; Engl. ox, oxen); also spelt eyxn, exn, eoxn; the masc. forms ‘yxn’ and ‘yxninir’ being formed like menn, menninir from mann-r; uxar is rare and later; thus fjórir öxn, Edda i. 30, v. l. 7; öxnernir, id., v. l. 12, Cod. U; fjóra öxn, id.; but öxninn (for oxninnir), Cod. REg. l. c.; tvá gamla arðr-yxn, Stj. 446; vexnum, FmS. x. 404; tveir yxn, Bret. 22; feita eyxn, SkS. 697 B; tvá yxn, þrjá yxn, Eg. 181, 733; marga yxn, 181; korn ok yxn, n. G. l. i. 75; yxninir, FmS. vi. 69; yxnennir, xi. 7; yxnina, Bret. 26; eyxn þrír hvítir, FmS. xi. 6; eyxn marga. Eg. 733; öxn mínir, GrEg. 44; eoxkn (sic) fyrir arðri, MS. 1812. 65; öxnunum, Bret. 26; yxn þeir er Þórólfr var ekinn á … tvá sterka yxn, … vóru þá þrotnir yxninir ok teknir aðrir …, þá ærðusk yxninir ok urðu þegar lausir, Eb. 6l, 62 new Ed.
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β. it became neuter; eyna ok yxnin með (yxnina?), Ld. 122, FaS. ii. 232; yxinin (sic), Stj. 446 (but v. l. yxnina and yxnin); yxna-flokkr and öxna-flokkr, a herd or drove of oxen, Edda i. 168. 208; yxna-kaup, Rd. 256; öxna-ok, GrEg. 28; yxna réttr, an ox-stall, Sturl. ii. 203; yxna tal, Jb. 103, Gþl. 189.
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γ. next yxni was used as n. sing.; yxni fimm vetra gamalt, Ísl. ii. 330; þeir hafa drepit yxni mitt, Sd. 158; yxni þrevétt, Sturl. i. 72, v. l.; yxni hans lá í keldu, Landn. 120; yxnis húð, Ísl. ii. 71; yxnis hvarf, id.; yxnis-maðr, an ox-keeper, id.: [Ulf. auhfa = βους; A. S. oxa; Engl. ox; O. H. G. ohso; Germ. ochs; Dan. oxe.]
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B. An ox; uxi alsvartr, uxa-höfuð, Hým. 18, 22 (Bugge); uxa gamlan, uxanum, Glúm. 348; uxana, Rd. 257; uxarnir, Dropl. 8; uxar, Dipl. iii. 4; uxa þrévetran, Sturl. i. 72; uxum, Eg. 742; uxann, Edda i. 208, but oxanum, 210, l. 1; uxna (gen.), 484; oxa-húð, Landn. 226; oxa höfuð, Edda i. 168, 169 (Cod. REg.), but uxa, Hým. l. c.; oxans, Ísl. ii. 331; lær af oxa þrévetrum, FmS. x. 398; oxa líki, Bær. 19; uxa-báss, Sturl. ii. 43; uxa-fótr, a nickname, Fb. i; uxa-gjöf, Glúm. 390; uxa-kjöt, Stj. 91; uxa-knúta, -horn, -húð, FmS. iii. 18, 186, FaS. i. 288, ii. 337; uxa merki, Taurus, in the zodiac, Rb. 100; uxa síða, Dipl. iii. 4: oxa-stútr, m., see stútr.
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II. yxna-megn or öxna-megn, a nickname, Grett., Landn.
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2. in local names, Öxn-ey, Landn., Eb.: Öxna-brekkur, Öxna-dalr, Öxna-lækr, Öxna-skarð, Landn., Ísl. ii: Öxna-furða, Oxford, FmS. iv. 64 (v. l.), cp. Thom. 544.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Cod.
Codex.
cp.
compare.
Engl.
English.
gl.
glossary.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
L.
Linnæus.
l. c.
loco citato.
m.
masculine.
masc.
masculine.
pl.
plural.
plur.
plural.
S.
Saga.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.
Dan.
Danish.
f.
feminine.
Germ.
German.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
sing.
singular.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
gen.
genitive.

Works & Authors cited:

Bret.
Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Greg.
Gregory. (F. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
Jb.
Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Rd.
Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Sd.
Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Bær.
Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
Dipl.
Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
Dropl.
Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Glúm.
Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Hým.
Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
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