saxar

Old Norse

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Derived from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“knife, dagger”), and akin to English Saxon.

Noun

saxar m pl

1. the Saxons

Declension

  Declension of saxar, (weak an-stem, plural only)

masculine	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	saxar	saxarnir
accusative	saxa	saxana
dative	sǫxum	sǫxunum
genitive	saxa	saxanna

Related terms

• sax n (“sword, shears”)

Derived terms

• Saxelfr f (“the river Elbe”)
• Saxland n (“the land of the Saxons; Saxony”)
• saxlenzkr (“Saxon, German”)
• saxneskr (“Saxon, German”)

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: saksar m
• Norwegian Bokmål: sakser m

See also

• frakkar m pl (“Franks”)

References

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

---

Swedish

Noun

saxar

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of sax