hjarsi

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hjassi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hersô.

Noun

hjarsi m (genitive hjarsa)

1. (anatomy) crown of the head

Declension

Declension of hjarsi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjarsi	hjarsinn	hjarsar	hjarsarnir
accusative	hjarsa	hjarsann	hjarsa	hjarsana
dative	hjarsa	hjarsanum	hjǫrsum	hjǫrsunum
genitive	hjarsa	hjarsans	hjarsa	hjarsanna

Related terms

• hjarni

Descendants

• Icelandic: hjarsi, hjassi
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hjasse
• Swedish: hjässa
• Old Danish: jassæ, jæssæ, jessæ, issæ
  • Danish: isse
    • Norwegian Bokmål: isse
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: isse

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hjarsi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive