íss
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iːs/
Verb
·íss
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| ·íss (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
·íss | ·n-íss |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *īsaz, a variant of *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Compare Old English īs, Old Frisian īs, Old Saxon īs, Old High German īs.
Noun
íss m
- ice
- (poetic, in kennings) sword
- 1066, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 14, in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 55-6., retrieved at the Skaldic Database
- Hôtt bað mik, þars mœttusk,
menskorð bera forðum,
Hlakkar íss ok hausar,
hjalmstall í gný malma.- The necklace-pole [WOMAN] told me earlier
to hold the helmet-support [HEAD] high
in the clamour of swords [BATTLE]
where Hlǫkk’s ice [SWORD] and skulls met.
- The necklace-pole [WOMAN] told me earlier
- 1066, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 14, in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 55-6., retrieved at the Skaldic Database
Declension
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | íss | íssinn | ísar | ísarnir |
| accusative | ís | ísinn | ísa | ísana |
| dative | ísi | ísinum | ísum | ísunum |
| genitive | íss | íssins | ísa | ísanna |