þurs – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of þurs

Noun: þurs
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.þurs
Sg. Def.þursinn
Pl. Indef.þursar
Pl. Def.þursarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.þurs
Sg. Def.þursins
Pl. Indef.þursa
Pl. Def.þursanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.þursi
Sg. Def.þursinum
Pl. Indef.þursum
Pl. Def.þursunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.þurs
Sg. Def.þursinn
Pl. Indef.þursa
Pl. Def.þursana

Sample Sentences

  • […] unz þrjár kvámu / þursa meyjar […] ([…] until three came / giant-maidens […]) [Vǫluspá, verse 8, lines 5-6, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2]
  • […] en þursinn heimskr þegja hlýtr, […] ([…] but a stupid dunce must remain silent, […]) [Heilræðavísur, in 1933, H. Pétursson, Heilræði Hallgríms Péturssonar]

Nouns inflected like þurs

strúz, þurs, fors, sess,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þursaz, *þurisaz (“giant, name of the Þ-rune”). Cognate with Old English þyrs, Old Saxon thuris, Old High German durs, duris. See also Finnish turisas, Tursas, turso. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tur-, *twer- (“to rotate, twirl, swirl, move”). See: Old English Nouns 'þyrs', Finnish Nouns 'turisas'.

Verbs referencing "þurs"

Old English Nouns þyrs, Danish Nouns tosse, Icelandic Nouns tossi, Danish Nouns turs, Danish Nouns tusmørke, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns tuss, Middle English Nouns thurs.

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