jǫstr – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of jǫstr

Noun: jǫstr
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.jǫstr
Sg. Def.jǫstrinn

Genitive

Sg. Indef.jastar
Sg. Def.jastarins

Dative

Sg. Indef.isti
Sg. Def.istinum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.jǫst
Sg. Def.jǫstinn

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like jǫstr

jǫstr,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jestuz. Note that the j- in this word is not etymological, but comes from breaking; in Proto-Norse, j- was always lost word-initially. Thus, the development of the nominative has been *jestuʀ > *estuʀ > *eastuʀ > jǫstr, with U-mutation visible.

Verbs referencing "jǫstr"

Norwegian Bokmål Nouns jest, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns jest, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns jester, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns jester, Swedish Nouns jäst, Icelandic Nouns jöstur, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns gjester.

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