Öxl

Old Norwegian Dictionary - öxl

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "öxl" (or ǫxl) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

öxl (ǫxl): öxl, f. (G. axlar, N. Pl. axlir) Axel, den øverste Del eller Kant af Skulderen paadet menneskelige Legeme (adskilles i Alm. fra herðr Finb. 26 uagtet styðjast áaxlir e-s dvs. lægge sig paa ens Skuldrefor at bæres af ham, er = styðjast áherðar e-m Mar. 25021); höfðu menndragkyrtla latz at síðu, ermar 5 alnalangar ok svá þröngar, at draga skyldiat við handtygil ok lerka allar at öxlFm. VI, 440; Baglar féngu einn manninnat fótunum, er hann vildi í borgina, enBirkibeinar vildu hlífa honum ok þrifu íaxlirnar Fm. VIII, 3639; engi maðr tókbetr en í öxl honum (dvs. naaede ham længer end til Skulderen) Fm. V, 673; svávar handleggr hans digr meðal axlarok ölboga, sem lær manns væri Bp.I, 640; slær sverðinu á öxl Grími okklýfr hann í herðar niðr Finb. 499(c. 27); hann hafði öxi um öxl Laxd.63; sitja upp við öxl (i Sængen) Vápnf.29; þórdís reigðist nökkut svá viðhonum ok skaut öxl við Þormóði, semkonur ero jafnan vanar at gera, þá erþeim líkar ekki alt við karla Fbr. 38;hón skaut í skjalg augunum ok sánökkut um öxl til Þormóðar Fbr. 38;gestr lítr nökkut um öxl til ÞormóðarFbr. 82; knífs axlir dvs. de Afsatser som Knivsbladet danner ved dets Sammen- stød med tangi Bp. I, 38534. 2) Fjeld-knude (jvf aksl 2 hos Aasen ). Fld. I,53 jvf Eb. 52 fg; jvf fjallsöxl. 3) =öxull. Kgs. 7634.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, öxl may be more accurately written as ǫxl.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᛋᛚ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

Alm.: Almindelighev.

c.: Capitel.

f.: Feminin.

G.: Genitiv.

m.: Masculin.

p.: Pagina, side.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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