kǫs

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kos"

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • *kasi (East Norse)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kasō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ǵ-es- (“to throw”).

Noun

kǫs f (genitive kasar, plural kasir)

  1. heap, pile

Declension

Declension of kǫs (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kǫs kǫsin kasir kasirnar
accusative kǫs kǫsina kasir kasirnar
dative kǫs kǫsinni kǫsum kǫsunum
genitive kasar kasarinnar kasa kasanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kös
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kòs
  • ⇒ Old East Norse: *kasi
    • Old Danish: kase
    • Old Swedish: kasi
    • → Finnish: kasa (probably from an earlier Proto-Norse form)

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kös”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 257; also available at the Internet Archive
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