prestr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Old English prēost, from Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros).

Noun

prestr m (genitive prests, plural prestar)

1. (Christianity) priest

Declension

Declension of prestr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	prestr	prestrinn	prestar	prestarnir
accusative	prest	prestinn	presta	prestana
dative	presti	prestinum	prestum	prestunum
genitive	prests	prestsins	presta	prestanna

Derived terms

• erkiprestr m (“archpriest”)
• prestadómr m (“ecclesiastical court”)
• prestafátt n (“scarcity of priests”)
• prestaspítal n (“infirmary for priests”)
• prestaspítali m (“infirmary for priests”)
• prestastefna f (“conference of priests”)
• prestborð n (“a priest's board or maintenance”)
• prestkaup n (“a priest's salary”)
• prestkona f (“a priest's wife”)
• prestlingr m (“a theological student preparing for order”)
• prestmaðr m (“clergyman, priest”)
• prestsetr n (“priest's residence”)
• prestskapr m (“priesthood”)
• prestsstétt f (“the priestly order, priesthood”)
• preststíund f (“priest's tithe”)
• prestsvigsla f (“ordination of a priest”)
• prestvist f (“maintenance of a priest”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: prestur
• Faroese: prestur
• Norwegian Bokmål: prest
• Norwegian Nynorsk: prest
• Old Swedish: præster
  • Swedish: präst
• Danish: præst
  • → Greenlandic: palasi
• Old Gutnish: prestr

Further reading

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