askr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *askaz, whence also Old English æsc, Old High German ask.

Noun

askr m (genitive asks, plural askar)

1. ash (tree)
2. 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
• Norwegian Bokmål: ask
• Old Swedish: asker
  • Swedish: ask
    • → Finnish: aski
• Danish: ask
• Gutnish: ask äsk

References

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