Þexla
Old Norse Dictionary - þexla
Meaning of Old Norse word "þexla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þexla
- u, f. [Ivar Aasen teksla and tængsel], an adze, mod. skar-öx; með smá-öxum eðr þexlum, A.A. 270 (from the Hb.): as a nickname, Landu. (App. 355).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᛋᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hb.
- Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.