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Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German esel, from Old Saxon esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus. Largely replaced the inherited Old Norse asni.
Pronunciation
Noun
æsel n (singular definite æslet or æselet, plural indefinite æsler)
- ass, donkey, Equus asinus
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
æsel n
- (pre-1917) alternative form of esel