ostr
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *justaz. Akin to Latin ius, Proto-Slavic *juxa. Compare Finnish juusto.
Noun
[edit]ostr m (genitive osts, plural ostar)
Declension
[edit]| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ostr | ostrinn | ostar | ostarnir |
| accusative | ost | ostinn | osta | ostana |
| dative | osti | ostinum | ostum | ostunum |
| genitive | osts | ostsins | osta | ostanna |
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: ostur
- Faroese: ostur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ost, (dialectal) ost’e, øst, ust
- Swedish: ost
- Danish: ost
- Norwegian Bokmål: ost
- Old Gutnish: ustr
- → North Frisian: Aast (Sylt)
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ostr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive