hyski
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hyski (“household, family”) (also hýski), from Proto-Germanic *hīwiskiją (“household”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hyski n (genitive singular hyskis, no plural)
Usage notes[edit]
- Once used to refer collectively to parents, children and their servants—an old term for a family—almost synonymous with the contemporary term fjölskylda (“family”).
Declension[edit]
declension of hyski
Synonyms[edit]
- (rabble): illþýði, ómerkilegt fólk, skríll, pakk
- (household, family): fjölskylda, heimilisfólk
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
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Further reading[edit]
- A deliberation on the word "hyski" on the Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum ("Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies")
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