isse

From Old Danish issæ, from or related to Old Norse hjarsi (“crown of the head”).

isse

1. scalp; the part of the head where hair sometimes grows

   Gnub til, så du rører issen.

   Rub strongly, so that you touch the scalp.

   Hans isse skinnede.

   His scalp was shiny [i.e. there was no hair on it].

īsse

1. perfect active infinitive of eō

isse

1. alternative form of his (“his”)

isse

1. alternative form of his (“his”)

isse

1. alternative form of is (“ice”)

isse

1. alternative form of issen

• IPA^(key): /ˈissə/
• Homophone: ìsso

ìsse

1. plural of ìsso (“he”)

From Danish isse, from Old Danish jassæ, jæssæ, jessæ, issæ, all from Old Norse hjarsi, hjassi, from Proto-Germanic *hersô. Cognates include Swedish hjässa and Norwegian Nynorsk hjasse.

isse m (definite singular issen, indefinite plural isser, definite plural issene)

1. (anatomy) crown of the head
2. (figurative, by extension) a mountain top

• (crown of the head): krone

• hjerne m (“brain”)

• “isse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “isse” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• ises, seis, sies

From Danish isse, from Old Danish jassæ, jæssæ, jessæ, issæ, all from Old Norse hjarsi, hjassi, whence also native doublet hjasse. From Proto-Germanic *hersô. Also akin to Swedish hjässa.

isse m (definite singular issen, indefinite plural issar, definite plural issane)

1. (anatomy) crown of the head
2. (figurative, by extension) a mountain top

• (crown of the head): hjasse, krone

• hjerne m (“brain”)

• “isse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• essi, seis

isse

1. vocative singular of issā (“jealousy”)

isse

1. inflection of issa (“bear”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

From Latin ipse. Compare with Italian esso, Portuguese esse and Spanish ese.

• IPA^(key): /ˈisse/

isse

1. (Logudorese) alternative form of issu