hestr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hangistaz.
Noun
hestr m
- horse
Declension
Declension of hestr (strong a-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hestr | hestrinn | hestar | hestarnir |
| accusative | hest | hestinn | hesta | hestana |
| dative | hesti | hestinum | hestum | hestunum |
| genitive | hests | hestsins | hesta | hestanna |
Synonyms
- (horse): def. hross
Descendants
- Danish: hest c
- Faroese: hestur m
- Icelandic: hestur m
- Norwegian (bokmål): hest m
- Norwegian (nynorsk): hest
- Old Swedish: hæster
- Swedish: häst c
References
- hestr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press