askr – Old Norse noun declension

Noun: askr

Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.	askr
Sg. Def.	askrinn
Pl. Indef.	askar
Pl. Def.	askarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.	asks
Sg. Def.	asksins
Pl. Indef.	aska
Pl. Def.	askanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.	aski
Sg. Def.	askinum
Pl. Indef.	ǫskum
Pl. Def.	ǫskunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.	ask
Sg. Def.	askinn
Pl. Indef.	aska
Pl. Def.	askana

Sample Sentences

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; […]) [Vǫluspá, verse 19, lines 1-4, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 4]

Nouns inflected like askr

almr, alfr, armr, askr,

Etymology

1. From Proto-Germanic *askaz, whence also Old English æsc, Old High German ask.
2. For the semantic shift from "tree" to "container" compare Latin buxus, buxis (whence English box, boxwood).

Verbs referencing "askr"

Danish Nouns ask, Faroese Nouns ask, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns ask, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns ask, Swedish Nouns ask, Faroese Nouns askur, Icelandic Nouns askur, Faroese Nouns eskja, Russian Nouns ящик, Ukrainian Nouns ящик, Danish Nouns æske, Polish Nouns jaszcz, Swedish Nouns äska.