ostur

Faroese

ostur

Etymology

From Old Norse ostr, from Proto-Germanic *justaz, from Proto-Indo-European *yaus-, *yūs- (“sap, juice, broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *yew(ǝ)- (“to blend, mix (food), knead”).

Noun

ostur m (genitive singular osts, plural ostar)

1. cheese
2. a sponge of the genus Geodia

Declension

Declension of ostur
m6	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ostur	osturin	ostar	ostarnir
accusative	ost	ostin	ostar	ostarnar
dative	osti	ostinum	ostum	ostunum
genitive	osts	ostsins	osta	ostanna

Derived terms

• soltin ostur
• geitarostur
• smeltiostur
• smyrjiostur
• ostakøka

See also

• mjólk
• smør
• kjøt
• ull

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ostr (whence also the Danish ost, Faroese ostur, Norwegian ost and Swedish ost) from Proto-Germanic *justaz. Akin to Latin ius, Proto-Slavic *juxa. Compare Finnish juusto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔstʏr̥]
• Rhymes: -ɔstʏr

Noun

ostur m (genitive singular osts, nominative plural ostar)

1. cheese
2. (slang) smegma

Declension

declension of ostur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ostur	osturinn	ostar	ostarnir
accusative	ost	ostinn	osta	ostana
dative	osti	ostinum	ostum	ostunum
genitive	osts	ostsins	osta	ostanna

Synonyms

• (smegma): reðurfarði m, limfarði m

Derived terms

• geitaostur (“goat's cheese”)
• gráðostur (“blue cheese”)
• mysuostur (“whey cheese, brown cheese”)
• ostabakki (“cheeseboard”)
• ostagerð (“cheesemaking”)
• ostahnífur (“cheese knife”)
• ostakaka (“cheesecake”)
• ostaskeri (“cheese slicer”)
• ostefni (“curd”)
• ostsneið (“slice of cheese”)
• rjómaostur (“cream cheese”)
• smurostur (“cheese spread”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• hostur

Noun

ostur oblique singular, m (oblique plural osturs, nominative singular osturs, nominative plural ostur)

1. goshawk
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 214, lines 2814–7:

     ove ses dras, a ses oisels,
     dunt il ad de bons e de bels.
     En sun pung prent un grant ostur
     e un drap d'estrange culur

     with his cloths and his birds
     among which a number of fine ones
     he takes a large goshawk in his hand
     and a cloth of a strange color