óss

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oss"

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ōsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”). Cognate with Latin ōs (“mouth”), Sanskrit आस् (ās).

Noun

óss m (genitive óss, plural ósar)

  1. (of a river) mouth
    Synonym: mynni

Declension

Declension of óss (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative óss óssinn ósar ósarnir
accusative ós ósinn ósa ósana
dative ósi ósinum ósum ósunum
genitive óss óssins ósa ósanna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ós
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: os m or n
  • Norwegian Bokmål: os m or n
  • Swedish: os n

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “óss”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 325; also available at the Internet Archive
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