askr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *askaz, whence also Old English æsc, Old High German ask.
Noun
askr m (genitive asks, plural askar)
- ash (tree)
- Vǫluspá, verse 19, lines 1-4, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4:
- Ask veit ek standa / heitir Yggdrasill / hár baðmr, ausinn / hvíta auri; […]
- I know an ash stands / named Yggdrasill / a high tree, washed / with white mud; […]
- Vǫluspá, verse 19, lines 1-4, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4:
- wooden vessel or dish
Declension
Declension of askr (strong a-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | askr | askrinn | askar | askarnir |
| accusative | ask | askinn | aska | askana |
| dative | aski | askinum | ǫskum | ǫskunum |
| genitive | asks | asksins | aska | askanna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: askur
- Faroese: askur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ask
- Westrobothnian: ask, askj
- Old Swedish: asker
- Swedish: ask
- → Finnish: aski
- Swedish: ask
- Old Danish: ask
- Danish: ask
- Norwegian Bokmål: ask
- Danish: ask
- Gutnish: ask, äsk
- → Old East Slavic: а́скъ (áskŭ), ꙗ́скъ (jáskŭ)
- Old Ruthenian: ꙗ́щъ (jášč)
- ⇒ Old Ruthenian: ꙗ́щикъ (jáščik)
- Belarusian: я́шчык (jáščyk) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: я́щик (jáščyk)
- ⇒ Old Ruthenian: ꙗ́щикъ (jáščik)
- ⇒ Middle Russian: ꙗ́щїкъ (jáščik)
- Russian: я́щик (jáščik)
- Old Ruthenian: ꙗ́щъ (jášč)
References
- “askr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press