hauss

See also: Hauß

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hausaz, cognate with Lithuanian kiáušė, Latvian kaûss. See also hús.

Noun

hauss m (genitive hauss, plural hausar)

1. skull

Declension

  Declension of hauss (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hauss	haussinn	hausar	hausarnir
accusative	haus	hausinn	hausa	hausana
dative	hausi	hausinum	hausum	hausunum
genitive	hauss	haussins	hausa	hausanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: haus

• Norwegian: haus

See also

• skalli

References

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