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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *askaz, whence also Old English æsc, Old High German ask.

For the semantic shift from "tree" to "container" compare Latin buxus, buxis (whence English box, boxwood).

Noun

askr m (genitive asks, plural askar)

  1. ash (tree)
    • Vǫluspá, verse 19, lines 1-4, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4:
      Ask veit ek standa / heitir Yggdrasill / hár baðmr, ausinn / hvíta auri;
      I know an ash stands / named Yggdrasill / a high tree, washed / with white mud;
  2. wooden vessel or dish

Declension

Declension of askr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative askr askrinn askar askarnir
accusative ask askinn aska askana
dative aski askinum ǫskum ǫskunum
genitive asks asksins aska askanna

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “askr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive