ǫsp

See also: osp, ösp, and øsp

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aspō.

Noun

ǫsp f (genitive aspar, plural aspir)

  1. aspen, poplar Populus tremula

Declension

Declension of ǫsp (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ǫsp ǫspin aspir aspirnar
accusative ǫsp ǫspina aspir aspirnar
dative ǫsp ǫspinni ǫspum ǫspunum
genitive aspar asparinnar aspa aspanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ösp
  • Faroese: øsp
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: osp; (dialectal) øsp
  • Norwegian Bokmål: osp
  • Swedish: asp
  • Danish: asp
    • Norwegian Bokmål: asp

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ösp”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 531; also available at the Internet Archive