askr
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *askaz, whence also Old English æsc, Old High German ask.
Noun[edit]
askr m (genitive asks, plural askar)
- ash (tree)
- wooden vessel or dish
Declension[edit]
Declension of askr (strong a-stem)
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: askur
- Faroese: askur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ask
- Old Swedish: asker, ᛆᛋᚴᚽᚱ
- Old Danish: ask
- Gutnish: ask, äsk
- → Old East Slavic: а́скъ (áskŭ), ꙗ́скъ (jáskŭ)
References[edit]
- “askr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press