os – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of os

Noun: os
Gender:

Nominative

Singularōs
Pluralēse; ōsa

Genitive

Singularōsa
Pluralēsa; ōsa

Dative

Singularēse; ōsa
Pluralōsum

Accusative

Singularōs
Pluralōsa

Sample Sentences

  • ᚩ (os) byþ ordfruma ǣlcre sprǣċe, wīsdōmes wraþu and witena frōfur and eorla gehwām ēasnys and tōhiht. (ᚩ (mouth) is is the source of every language, Wisdom's support and consolation for the wise; Happiness and hope for every earl.) [9th c., The Old English rune poem:]

Nouns inflected like os

os,

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ansu, from Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god, deity”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“engender, beget”). Cognate with Old Norse áss. See: Old Norse Nouns 'áss'.

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