beizl

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baitislą. Related to Old Norse beita (“to make bite”), bíta (“to bite”).

Noun

beizl n

  1. bridle
    leggja beizl við hest
    to bridle a horse

Declension
  Declension of beizl (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) beizlit Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) beizlin
accusative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) beizlit Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) beizlin
dative beizli beizlinu beizlum beizlunum
genitive beizls beizlsins beizla beizlanna

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Icelandic: beisl, beisli
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: beisel, beksel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bissel
  • Danish: bidsel
  • Old Swedish: bezl, besl

References
  • “beizl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.