jaxl

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse jaxl; confer the Faroese jakslur (“a molar”) (also jaksli and jaksul), the Nynorsk word jaksle and jæksl. Probably related to agn (“bait”) and jaga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jakstl/, /jaxstl/

Noun

jaxl m (genitive singular jaxls, nominative plural jaxlar)

1. (teeth) molar
2. tough guy, tough cookie (someone who can endure physical or mental hardship; a hardened, strong-willed person)

Derived terms

terms derived from jaxl meaning "molar"

• bíta á jaxlinn
• bíta á jaxlinn og bölva í hljóði
• endajaxl (wisdom tooth)
• fellingajaxl
• forjaxl
• gaddjaxl
• geirjaxl (wisdom tooth)
• hnúðjaxl
• jaxlakirtlar

• jaxlbróðir
• jaxlastæði
• jaxlasvæði
• jaxlaröð
• jaxlaslit
• mjólkurjaxl
• ránjaxl
• vísdómsjaxl

terms derived from jaxl meaning "tough guy"

• dugnaðarjaxl
• harðjaxl

• togarajaxl

unallocated derived terms

• broddjaxl
• hnúðjaxl
• hornjaxl

• jaxlaröð
• sagjaxl

Related terms

• -jaxl
• grænjaxl

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Old Norse

Noun

jaxl m (genitive jaxls, plural jaxlar)

1. molar

Declension

  Declension of jaxl (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jaxl	jaxlinn	jaxlar	jaxlarnir
accusative	jaxl	jaxlinn	jaxla	jaxlana
dative	jaxli	jaxlinum	jǫxlum	jǫxlunum
genitive	jaxls	jaxlsins	jaxla	jaxlanna

Derived terms

• jaxlaverkr
• jaxlgarðr

References

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