skessa

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *skarsjǭ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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skessa f (genitive singular skessu, nominative plural skessur)

  1. troll woman, giantess
  2. (derogatory) fat and ugly woman

Declension

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    Declension of skessa
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skessa skessan skessur skessurnar
accusative skessu skessuna skessur skessurnar
dative skessu skessunni skessum skessunum
genitive skessu skessunnar skessa skessanna

Further reading

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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skessa f (genitive skessu)

  1. giantess, witch

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: skessa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skjesse

References

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  • skessa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press