hreysi
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Old Norse hreysi (“a cairn; a pile of stones”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hreysi n (genitive singular hreysis, nominative plural hreysi)
Declension
[edit]Declension of hreysi | ||||
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n-s | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hreysi | hreysið | hreysi | hreysin |
accusative | hreysi | hreysið | hreysi | hreysin |
dative | hreysi | hreysinu | hreysum | hreysunum |
genitive | hreysis | hreysisins | hreysa | hreysanna |
Synonyms
[edit]- (shanty): kofi
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]hreysi n
Derived terms
[edit]- hreysikǫttr (“wild cat”)
- hreysivisla (“weasel”)
- skríða í hreysi (“to slink into a den”)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “hreysi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press