gras – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of gras

Noun: gras
Gender: n

Nominative

Sg. Indef.gras
Sg. Def.grasit
Pl. Indef.grǫs
Pl. Def.grǫsin

Genitive

Sg. Indef.grass
Sg. Def.grassins
Pl. Indef.grasa
Pl. Def.grasanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.grasi
Sg. Def.grasinu
Pl. Indef.grǫsum
Pl. Def.grǫsunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.gras
Sg. Def.grasit
Pl. Indef.grǫs
Pl. Def.grǫsin

Sample Sentences

  • […] gap var ginnunga, / en gras hvergi. ([…] gap was of void, / but grass nowhere.) [Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1]
  • […] fann hann þau grös sem manndragore heita, […] ([…] he found the herb that was called mandrake, […]) [Stjórn 51, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 175]

Nouns inflected like gras

gras,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to grow”).

Verbs referencing "gras"

Faroese Nouns gras, Icelandic Nouns gras, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns gras, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns gras, Swedish Nouns gräs, Danish Nouns græs, Old English Nouns græs, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns abborgress, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns abborgras.

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