saxa

saxa

See also: Saxa and saxã

Icelandic

Verb

saxa

1. to chop, cut into pieces
2. to mince

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Latin

Noun

saxa

1. nominative plural of saxum
2. accusative plural of saxum
3. vocative plural of saxum

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From sax (“a small oneedged sword; shears”).

Verb

saxa

1. to cut, chop or hack with a small oneedged sword or a dagger
2. to shear

Conjugation

Conjugation of saxa — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	saxa
present participle	saxandi
past participle	saxaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	saxa	saxaða
2nd-person singular	saxar	saxaðir
3rd-person singular	saxar	saxaði
1st-person plural	sǫxum	sǫxuðum
2nd-person plural	saxið	sǫxuðuð
3rd-person plural	saxa	sǫxuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	saxa	saxaða
2nd-person singular	saxir	saxaðir
3rd-person singular	saxi	saxaði
1st-person plural	saxim	saxaðim
2nd-person plural	saxið	saxaðið
3rd-person plural	saxi	saxaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	saxa
1st-person plural	sǫxum
2nd-person plural	saxið

Conjugation of saxa — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	saxask
present participle	saxandisk
past participle	saxazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	sǫxumk	sǫxuðumk
2nd-person singular	saxask	saxaðisk
3rd-person singular	saxask	saxaðisk
1st-person plural	sǫxumsk	sǫxuðumsk
2nd-person plural	saxizk	sǫxuðuzk
3rd-person plural	saxask	sǫxuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	sǫxumk	sǫxuðumk
2nd-person singular	saxisk	saxaðisk
3rd-person singular	saxisk	saxaðisk
1st-person plural	saximsk	saxaðimsk
2nd-person plural	saxizk	saxaðizk
3rd-person plural	saxisk	saxaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	saxask
1st-person plural	sǫxumsk
2nd-person plural	saxizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: saxa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: saksa, sakse

References

• saxa in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

saxa

1. genitive plural of sax n
2. inflection of saxar m pl
   1. accusative plural of saxar
   2. genitive plural of saxar