hress

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hress.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r̥ɛsː/

  Rhymes: -ɛsː

Adjective

hress (comparative hressari, superlative hressastur)

1. healthy, hale, well

   Synonyms: hraustur, heilsugóður

Declension

positive forms of hress

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	hress	hress	hresst
	accusative	hressan	hressa
	dative	hressum	hressri	hressu
	genitive	hress	hressrar	hress
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	hressir	hressar	hress
	accusative	hressa
	dative	hressum
	genitive	hressra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	hressi	hressa	hressa
	acc/dat/gen	hressa	hressu
	plural (all-case)	hressu

comparative forms of hress

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	hressari	hressari	hressara
	plural (all-case)	hressari

superlative forms of hress

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	hressastur	hressust	hressast
	accusative	hressastan	hressasta
	dative	hressustum	hressastri	hressustu
	genitive	hressasts	hressastrar	hressasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	hressastir	hressastar	hressust
	accusative	hressasta
	dative	hressustum
	genitive	hressastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	hressasti	hressasta	hressasta
	acc/dat/gen	hressasta	hressustu
	plural (all-case)	hressustu

Old Norse

Etymology

Likely from a formation related to Proto-Germanic *hradaz (“quick, hasty”) (whence hraðr (“fast”)).

Adjective

hress

1. hale, heart, in good spirits

Declension

Strong declension of hress

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hress	hress	hrest
accusative	hressan	hressa	hrest
dative	hressum	hressi	hressu
genitive	hresss	hressar	hresss
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressir	hressar	hress
accusative	hressa	hressar	hress
dative	hressum	hressum	hressum
genitive	hressa	hressa	hressa

Weak declension of hress

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressi	hressa	hressa
accusative	hressa	hressu	hressa
dative	hressa	hressu	hressa
genitive	hressa	hressu	hressa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressu	hressu	hressu
accusative	hressu	hressu	hressu
dative	hressum	hressum	hressum
genitive	hressu	hressu	hressu

Declension of comparative of hress

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressari	hressari	hressara
accusative	hressara	hressari	hressara
dative	hressara	hressari	hressara
genitive	hressara	hressari	hressara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressari	hressari	hressari
accusative	hressari	hressari	hressari
dative	hressurum	hressurum	hressurum
genitive	hressari	hressari	hressari

Strong declension of superlative of hress

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressastr	hressust	hressast
accusative	hressastan	hressasta	hressast
dative	hressustum	hressastri	hressustu
genitive	hressasts	hressastrar	hressasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressastir	hressastar	hressust
accusative	hressasta	hressastar	hressust
dative	hressustum	hressustum	hressustum
genitive	hressastra	hressastra	hressastra

Weak declension of superlative of hress

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressasti	hressasta	hressasta
accusative	hressasta	hressustu	hressasta
dative	hressasta	hressustu	hressasta
genitive	hressasta	hressustu	hressasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressustu	hressustu	hressustu
accusative	hressustu	hressustu	hressustu
dative	hressustum	hressustum	hressustum
genitive	hressustu	hressustu	hressustu

Derived terms

• hressa
• hressleikr

Descendants

• Icelandic: hress

Verb

hress

1. second-person singular imperative active of hressa

Further reading

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