hauss – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of hauss

Noun: hauss
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.hauss
Sg. Def.haussinn
Pl. Indef.hausar
Pl. Def.hausarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.hauss
Sg. Def.haussins
Pl. Indef.hausa
Pl. Def.hausanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.hausi
Sg. Def.hausinum
Pl. Indef.hausum
Pl. Def.hausunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.haus
Sg. Def.hausinn
Pl. Indef.hausa
Pl. Def.hausana

Sample Sentences

  • Ymis hauss (Ymir’s skull; the world)
  • Svá beit þá sverð / ór siklings hendi
  • váðir Váfaðar, / sem í vatn brygði.
  • Brǫkuðu broddar, / brotnuðu skildir,
  • glumruðu gylfringar / í gotna hausum.
  • Then the sword / in the sovereign’s hand bit
  • the garments of Váfuðr <=Óðinn> [ARMOUR], / as if it were cutting through water. (Points clanged, / shields burst,
  • swords clattered / in men’s skulls.) [10th c., Eyvindr skáldaspillir Finnsson, Hákonarmál, verse 5]

Nouns inflected like hauss

hauss, íss, óss,

Etymology

1. From Proto-Germanic *hausaz, cognate with Lithuanian kiáušė, Latvian kaûss. See also hús.
2. Compare hiarsi, Old Danish issæ, jessæ, Danish isse, jesse; Norwegian hjasse; Old Swedish hiesse, hiässe, iässe, Swedish hjässa (“crown; the topmost part of the head”). See: Latvian Nouns 'kauss'.

Verbs referencing "hauss"

Icelandic Nouns haus, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns haus, French Nouns houseau, Swedish Nouns hjässa.

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