hross – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of hross

Noun: hross
Gender: n

Nominative

Sg. Indef.hross
Sg. Def.hrossit
Pl. Indef.hross
Pl. Def.hrossin

Genitive

Sg. Indef.hross
Sg. Def.hrossins
Pl. Indef.hrossa
Pl. Def.hrossanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.hrossi
Sg. Def.hrossinu
Pl. Indef.hrossum
Pl. Def.hrossunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.hross
Sg. Def.hrossit
Pl. Indef.hross
Pl. Def.hrossin

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like hross

blóthús, jarðhús, hross, hús, hors,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrussą (perhaps from a form *hrussa- ‘runner, racer’), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Cognate with Old Saxon hros (Dutch ros), Old High German hros, ros (German Ross), Old English hors (English horse); and, outside the Germanic languages, with Latin currō (“run, race”). See: Dutch Nouns 'ros', German Nouns 'Ross', Old English Nouns 'hors', English Nouns 'horse', Latin Nouns 'currō'.

Verbs referencing "hross"

Danish Nouns hors, Icelandic Nouns hross, Faroese Nouns ross, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns røsslyng, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns røsslyng, Swedish Nouns russ.

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