jarðhús
Appearance
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *erþahūsą. By surface analysis, jǫrð (“earth”) + hús (“house”).
Noun
[edit]jarðhús n
- underground room or passage
Declension
[edit] Declension of jarðhús (strong a-stem)
neuter | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | jarðhús | jarðhúsit | jarðhús | jarðhúsin |
accusative | jarðhús | jarðhúsit | jarðhús | jarðhúsin |
dative | jarðhúsi | jarðhúsinu | jarðhúsum | jarðhúsunum |
genitive | jarðhús | jarðhúsins | jarðhúsa | jarðhúsanna |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press