kvistr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *twistaz or perhaps derived from Proto-Germanic *kwastuz.

Noun[edit]

kvistr m (genitive kvistar, dative kvisti, plural kvistir)

  1. twig, branch

Declension[edit]

  Declension of kvistr (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvistr kvistrinn kvistir kvistirnir
accusative kvist kvistinn kvistu kvistuna
dative kvisti kvistinum kvistum kvistunum
genitive kvistar kvistarins kvista kvistanna

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: kvistur
  • Faroese: kvistur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvist
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvist
  • Swedish: kvist
  • → Middle English: quist
    • English: quist (dialectal)

References[edit]

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