The Swedish word for axe is
yxa
| Declensions | |
|---|---|
| an axe | en yxa |
| the axe | yxan |
| axes | yxor |
| the axes | yxorna |
Translations for axe and their definitions
| yxa | |
| 1. n. axe | |
| 2. v. (yxa till, yxa ihop, yxa fram) to axe, to cut, chip or sculpture with an axe, to hack, to shape roughly, to make a prototype | |
| Thorberg gick fram och yxade till kanten, så att alla märkena efter yxhuggen försvunno. | |
| Then Thorberg went and chipped the planks until the deep notches were all smoothed and made even with the rest. (Heimskringla, part 3) | |
| Och så yxade jag till en stuga här vid vägen. | |
| And so I built a log cabin here by the road. | |
| kommittén hade yxat till ett förslag | |
| the committee had made a rough proposal | |
| Jag yxade till min personliga profil lite granna | |
| I shaped up my personal profile a bit | |
| 3. v. (yxa ner, yxa upp, yxa sönder, yxa bort) to slash with an axe, to reduce or remove, to attack, to criticise | |
| Hon har yxat ner antalet biståndsländer från 70 till 33 | |
| She has slashed the number of countries receiving our foreign aid from 70 to 33 | |
| yxa upp en vak | |
| cut a hole in the ice with an axe |
| fälla | |
| 1. n. trap | |
| 2. v. to fell; to make something fall | |
| 3. v. to fell; to make someone trip | |
| 4. v. to proclaim somebody guilty of what he or she has been accused for (in a courtroom) |
| hugga | |
| 1. v. to slash, to cut |
| stridsyxa | |
| 1. n. axe, battle axe |
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