beysti
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly related to verb beysta (“to beat, to thresh”).
Noun
[edit]beysti
- ham, gammon of bacon
Declension
[edit]| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | beysti | beystit | beysti | beystin |
| accusative | beysti | beystit | beysti | beystin |
| dative | beysti | beystinu | beystum | beystunum |
| genitive | beystis | beystisins | beysta | beystanna |
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “beysti”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive