beizl
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Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *baitislą. Related to Old Norse beita (“to make bite”), bíta (“to bite”).
Noun
[edit]beizl n
Declension
[edit] Declension of beizl (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]- beizla (“to bridle”)
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: beisl, beisli
- Norwegian Nynorsk: beisel, beksel
- Norwegian Bokmål: bissel
- Danish: bidsel
- Old Swedish: bezl, besl
- Swedish: betsel
References
[edit]- “beizl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press