hesli

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hasliją, from *haslaz (“hazel”).

Noun

hesli n

1. hazel-wood
2. hazel-tree

Derived terms

• hesliskógr

Descendants

• Icelandic: hesli
• Faroese: hesli
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hesle
• Old Swedish: häsle

References

• “hesli”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Entry "hesli" on page 197 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).