"sax" meaning in Old Norse

See sax in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“dagger, knife”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Etymology templates: {{root|non|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{inh|non|gem-pro|*sahsą||dagger, knife}} Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“dagger, knife”), {{der|non|ine-pro|*sek-||to cut}} Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”) Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=n|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} sax n, {{non-noun|n|sax|sǫx}} sax n (genitive sax, plural sǫx) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-n-a|sax|sǫx|gs=sax}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=sǫxin|api=sǫx|asd=saxit|asi=sax|dpd=sǫxunum|dpi=sǫxum|dsd=saxinu|dsi=saxi|g=neuter|gpd=saxanna|gpi=saxa|gsd=saxins|gsi=sax|notes=|npd=sǫxin|npi=sǫx|nsd=saxit|nsi=sax|stem=strong a-stem|title=sax}}, {{non-decl-cell|sax|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|saxit|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|sǫx|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|sǫxin|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|sax|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|saxit|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|sǫx|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|sǫxin|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|saxi|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|saxinu|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|sǫxum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|sǫxunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|sax|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|saxins|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|saxa|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|saxanna|gpd}} Forms: sax [genitive], sǫx [plural], strong [table-tags], sax [indefinite, nominative, singular], saxit [definite, nominative, singular], sǫx [indefinite, nominative, plural], sǫxin [definite, nominative, plural], sax [accusative, indefinite, singular], saxit [accusative, definite, singular], sǫx [accusative, indefinite, plural], sǫxin [accusative, definite, plural], saxi [dative, indefinite, singular], saxinu [dative, definite, singular], sǫxum [dative, indefinite, plural], sǫxunum [dative, definite, plural], sax [genitive, indefinite, singular], saxins [definite, genitive, singular], saxa [genitive, indefinite, plural], saxanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a one-edged sword, a backsword Tags: neuter Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-sax-non-noun-rAQwzWIB Disambiguation of Weapons: 56 44
  2. (plural only) shears Tags: neuter, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-sax-non-noun-g2pgYIFO Categories (other): Old Norse pluralia tantum, Old Norse entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: saxa (english: to cut with a 'sax'), saxknífr (english: dagger, dirk) [masculine], saxoddr (english: the point of a 'sax) [masculine] Related terms: saxar (english: Saxons) [masculine, plural]
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      "english": "to cut with a 'sax'",
      "word": "saxa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "dagger, dirk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saxknífr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "the point of a 'sax",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saxoddr"
    }
  ],
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        }
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      "text": "Icelandic: sax n"
    },
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        }
      ],
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    },
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            "2": "saks",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: saks f"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "2": "saks",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: saks m or f"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "sax",
            "g": "c"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: sax c",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: sax c"
    },
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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        "table-tags"
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        "class"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "saxit",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "sǫxin",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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    {
      "form": "saxi",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saxinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sǫxum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sǫxunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sax",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saxins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saxa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saxanna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "tr": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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        "2": "sax",
        "3": "sǫx"
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        "dsi": "saxi",
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        "gpi": "saxa",
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        "notes": "",
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        "1": "saxinu",
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      "args": {
        "1": "saxins",
        "2": "gsd"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saxa",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
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        "1": "saxanna",
        "2": "gpd"
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  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Saxons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "saxar"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "non",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "non:Weapons",
          "parents": [
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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        "a one-edged sword, a backsword"
      ],
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        "neuter"
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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      ],
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        "shears"
      ],
      "id": "en-sax-non-noun-g2pgYIFO",
      "links": [
        [
          "shears",
          "shears"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(plural only) shears"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sax"
}
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    "Old Norse neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old Norse neuter nouns",
    "Old Norse nouns",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sek-",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to cut with a 'sax'",
      "word": "saxa"
    },
    {
      "english": "dagger, dirk",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saxknífr"
    },
    {
      "english": "the point of a 'sax",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    }
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    },
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        "plural"
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "sax",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "saxinu",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "sǫxum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "form": "sax",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "saxa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saxanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sax n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "sax",
        "3": "sǫx"
      },
      "expansion": "sax n (genitive sax, plural sǫx)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sax",
        "2": "sǫx",
        "gs": "sax"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-n-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "sǫxin",
        "api": "sǫx",
        "asd": "saxit",
        "asi": "sax",
        "dpd": "sǫxunum",
        "dpi": "sǫxum",
        "dsd": "saxinu",
        "dsi": "saxi",
        "g": "neuter",
        "gpd": "saxanna",
        "gpi": "saxa",
        "gsd": "saxins",
        "gsi": "sax",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "sǫxin",
        "npi": "sǫx",
        "nsd": "saxit",
        "nsi": "sax",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "sax"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sax",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saxit",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sǫx",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sǫxin",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sax",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saxit",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sǫx",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sǫxin",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saxi",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saxinu",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sǫxum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sǫxunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sax",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saxins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saxa",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "saxanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "Saxons",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "saxar"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a one-edged sword, a backsword"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse pluralia tantum"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shears"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shears",
          "shears"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(plural only) shears"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sax"
}

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