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nǫs

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *nās-, *néh₂s-. Compare Latin nāsus.

Noun

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nǫs f (genitive nasar, plural nasar or nasir)

  1. nose

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: nös f
  • Faroese: nøs f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nos f, nase m
    • Norwegian Bokmål: nos m or f, nase m
  • Norwegian: (dialectal) nøs, nåss f; nåså, næsa, nasa m; nasa, nase f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nese m or f
  • Old Swedish: nos f, næsa f
  • Old Danish: næsæ f
  • Gutnish: nos f