hyss
Middle English
Determiner
hyss
- Alternative form of his
Pronoun
hyss
- Alternative form of his
References
- “his, (pron.1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 8 May 2018.
- “his, (pron.2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 9 May 2018.
Swedish
Etymology
Used at least since 1685. From the verb hyssa, meaning to lift and swing somebody in the air, a variant of hissa. In the 1960s, the word got a renaissance when it was used by Astrid Lindgren to describe the pranks made by Emil i Lönneberga.
Noun
hyss n
Declension
| Declension of hyss | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hyss | hysset | hyss | hyssen |
| Genitive | hyss | hyssets | hyss | hyssens |