ostr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *justaz. Akin to Latin ius, Proto-Slavic *juxa. Compare Finnish juusto.

Noun

ostr m (genitive osts, plural ostar)

  1. cheese

Declension

Declension of ostr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ostr ostrinn ostar ostarnir
accusative ost ostinn osta ostana
dative osti ostinum ostum ostunum
genitive osts ostsins osta ostanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ostur
  • Faroese: ostur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ost, (dialectal) ost’e, øst, ust
  • Swedish: ost
  • Danish: ost
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ost
  • Old Gutnish: ustr
  • → North Frisian: Aast (Sylt)

Further reading

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