ᚺᚨᚷᛖᛋᛏᚢᛗᛦ
Proto-Norse
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz. Cognate with Old English henġest, Old High German hengist.
Numeral
ᚺᚨᚷᛖᛋᛏᚢᛗᛦ (hagestumʀ /hangistumʀ/) m (dative plural)
- a stallion
- 550-600, Stentoften Runestone (DR357, KJ96)
- ᚾᛁᚢᚺᛡᛒᛟᚱᚢᛗᛦ ¶ ᚾᛁᚢᚺᚨᚷᛖᛋᛏᚢᛗᛦ ¶ ᚺᛡᚦᚢᚹᛟᛚᛡᚠᛦᚷᛡᚠᛃ […]
niuhᴀborumʀ ¶ niuhagestumʀ ¶ hᴀþuwolᴀfʀgᴀfj […]- Nīu haβᵒrumʀ, nīu hangistumʀ, Haþuwolᵃfʀ gaf j[= ār].
- By [the sacrifice of] nine bucks and by [the sacrifice of] nine stallions, Haþuwolfʀ gave a fruitful year.
- 550-600, Stentoften Runestone (DR357, KJ96)
Descendants
Old Norse form derives from Proto-Germanic *hanhistaz.
- Old Norse: hestr
- Icelandic: hestur
- Faroese: hestur
- Norn: hest
- Middle Norwegian: hester
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hest; (dialectal) hest’e, heist
- Elfdalian: est
- Westrobothnian: hist, heist, hest
- Old Swedish: hæster
- Swedish: häst
- Old Danish: hæst
- Danish: hest
- Norwegian Bokmål: hest
- → Greenlandic: hiisti, hesti
- Scanian: hæst
- Danish: hest
- Gutnish: häst
- → Scots: hest, hesten