íss
See also: iss, ISS, īss, İSS, -iss, and -iss-
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iːs/
Verb
·íss
- first-person singular future conjunct of ithid
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
·íss | unchanged | ·n-íss |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *īsaz, a variant of *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Compare Old English īs, Old Frisian īs, Old Saxon īs, Old High German īs.
Noun
íss m
- ice
- (poetic, kenning) sword
- 1066, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 14, in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 55-6., retrieved at the Skaldic Database
- Hôtt bað mik, þars mœttusk,
menskorð bera forðum,
Hlakkar íss ok hausar,
hjalmstall í gný malma.- The necklace-pole [WOMAN] told me earlier
to hold the helmet-support [HEAD] high
in the clamour of swords [BATTLE]
where Hlǫkk’s ice [SWORD] and skulls met.
- The necklace-pole [WOMAN] told me earlier
- 1066, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 14, in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 55-6., retrieved at the Skaldic Database
Declension
Declension of íss (strong a-stem)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | íss | íssinn | ísar | ísarnir |
accusative | ís | ísinn | ísa | ísana |
dative | ísi | ísinum | ísum | ísunum |
genitive | íss | íssins | ísa | ísanna |
Derived terms
- Ísland
Descendants
- Icelandic: ís
- Faroese: ísur
- Norwegian Bokmål: is
- Elfdalian: ais
- Old Swedish: īs
- Swedish: is
- Danish: is
- Gutnish: eis, h'eis