kǫs

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kos"

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kasō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ǵ-es- (“to throw”).

Noun

kǫs f (genitive kasar, plural kasir)

1. heap, pile

Declension

Declension of kǫs (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kǫs	kǫsin	kasir	kasirnar
accusative	kǫs	kǫsina	kasir	kasirnar
dative	kǫs	kǫsinni	kǫsum	kǫsunum
genitive	kasar	kasarinnar	kasa	kasanna

Related terms

• kasta (“to throw”)
• kǫstr m (“pile”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: kös
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kòs
• Old Danish: kase--> Danish: kokasse

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kös”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 257; also available at the Internet Archive