íss – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of íss

Noun: íss
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.íss
Sg. Def.íssinn
Pl. Indef.ísar
Pl. Def.ísarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.íss
Sg. Def.íssins
Pl. Indef.ísa
Pl. Def.ísanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.ísi
Sg. Def.ísinum
Pl. Indef.ísum
Pl. Def.ísunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.ís
Sg. Def.ísinn
Pl. Indef.ísa
Pl. Def.ísana

Sample Sentences

  • where Hlǫkk’s ice [SWORD] and skulls met. [1066, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 14, in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 55-6., retrieved at the Skaldic Database Hôtt bað mik, þars mœttusk, menskorð bera forðum, Hlakkar íss ok hausar, hjalmstall í gný malma. The necklace-pole [WOMAN] told me earlier to hold the helmet-support [HEAD] high in the clamour of swords [BATTLE]]

Nouns inflected like íss

hauss, íss, óss,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *īsaz, a variant of *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Compare Old English īs, Old Frisian īs, Old Saxon īs, Old High German īs. See: Old English Nouns 'īs'.

Verbs referencing "íss"

Danish Nouns is, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns is, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns is, Swedish Nouns is, Icelandic Nouns ís, Faroese Nouns ísur, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns isøde.

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