ᚺᚨᚷᛖᛋᛏᚢᛗᛦ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz. Cognate with Old English henġest, Old High German hengist.

Noun

ᚺᚨᚷᛖᛋᛏᚢᛗᛦ (hagestumʀ /hangistumʀ/) m (dative plural) (Transitional Period)

1. a stallion
   • 550-600, Stentoften Runestone (DR357, KJ96)

     ᚾᛁᚢᚺᛡᛒᛟᚱᚢᛗᛦ ¶ ᚾᛁᚢᚺᚨᚷᛖᛋᛏᚢᛗᛦ ¶ ᚺᛡᚦᚢᚹᛟᛚᛡᚠᛦᚷᛡᚠᛃ […]
     niuhᴀborumʀ ¶ niuhagestumʀ ¶ hᴀþuwolᴀfʀgᴀfj […]

     Nīu haβᵒrumʀ, nīu hangistumʀ, Haþuwolᵃfʀ gaf j[= ār].

     By [the sacrifice of] nine bucks and by [the sacrifice of] nine stallions, Haþuwolfʀ gave a fruitful year.

Descendants

Old Norse form derives from Proto-Germanic *hanhistaz.

• Old Norse: hestr
  • Icelandic: hestur
  • Faroese: hestur
  • Norn: hest
  • Middle Norwegian: hester
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: hest; (dialectal) hest’e, heist
  • Elfdalian: est
  • Old Swedish: hæster
    • Swedish: häst
  • Old Danish: hæst
    • Danish: hest
      • Norwegian Bokmål: hest
      • → Greenlandic: hiisti, hesti
    • Scanian: hæst
  • Gutnish: häst
  • → Scots: hest, hesten