is – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of is

Noun: is
Gender:

Nominative

Singularīs
Pluralīs

Genitive

Singularīses
Pluralīsa

Dative

Singularīse
Pluralīsum

Accusative

Singularīs
Pluralīs

Sample Sentences

  • the Legend of St Andrew
  • Ofer ēastrēamas īs bryċġode. (The ice formed a bridge over the streams.)
  • The Old English rune poem
  • ᛁ byþ oferċeald, unġemeted slidor... (Ice is very cold and immeasurably slippery...)

Nouns inflected like is

is, isern, idel, iren,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *īs, from Proto-Germanic *īsą. See there for more.

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