beiskr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • bæiskr, beiscr, beisker

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baiskaz; related to *baiskraz (Old High German beiskar) and *bītaną (“to bite”), possibly through a lost verb *baiskijaną (for the formation, compare *dwaiskijaną).[1][2]

Adjective

beiskr (comparative beiskari, superlative beiskastr)][3]

  1. bitter, acrid, sharp
  2. (of heat) scorching, parching
  3. (figuratively) resentful, argumentative, grumpy
  4. (figuratively) contrite, remorseful

Declension

Strong declension of beiskr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beiskr beisk beiskt
accusative beiskan beiska beiskt
dative beiskum beiskri beisku
genitive beisks beiskrar beisks
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beiskir beiskar beisk
accusative beiska beiskar beisk
dative beiskum beiskum beiskum
genitive beiskra beiskra beiskra
Weak declension of beiskr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beiski beiska beiska
accusative beiska beisku beiska
dative beiska beisku beiska
genitive beiska beisku beiska
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beisku beisku beisku
accusative beisku beisku beisku
dative beiskum beiskum beiskum
genitive beisku beisku beisku
Declension of comparative of beiskr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beiskari beiskari beiskara
accusative beiskara beiskari beiskara
dative beiskara beiskari beiskara
genitive beiskara beiskari beiskara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beiskari beiskari beiskari
accusative beiskari beiskari beiskari
dative beiskurum beiskurum beiskurum
genitive beiskari beiskari beiskari
Strong declension of superlative of beiskr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beiskastr beiskust beiskast
accusative beiskastan beiskasta beiskast
dative beiskustum beiskastri beiskustu
genitive beiskasts beiskastrar beiskasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beiskastir beiskastar beiskust
accusative beiskasta beiskastar beiskust
dative beiskustum beiskustum beiskustum
genitive beiskastra beiskastra beiskastra
Weak declension of superlative of beiskr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative beiskasti beiskasta beiskasta
accusative beiskasta beiskustu beiskasta
dative beiskasta beiskustu beiskasta
genitive beiskasta beiskustu beiskasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative beiskustu beiskustu beiskustu
accusative beiskustu beiskustu beiskustu
dative beiskustum beiskustum beiskustum
genitive beiskustu beiskustu beiskustu

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: beiskur
  • Faroese: beiskur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: beisk
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: beisk
  • Elfdalian: besk
  • Old Swedish: bēsker, beesker, beysker
  • Old Danish: besk
  • → Middle English: baysk, bask, baiske, bayscke, bayske, beȝȝsc (Ormulum)

References

  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “beiskr”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 30
  2. ^ Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “*baiska-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 113-114
  3. ^ “beiskr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.