nǫs

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nos"

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

nǫs f (genitive nasar, plural nasar or nasir)

1. nose

Declension

Declension of nǫs (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nǫs	nǫsin	nasar, nasir	nasarnar, nasirnar
accusative	nǫs	nǫsina	nasar, nasir	nasarnar, nasirnar
dative	nǫs	nǫsinni	nǫsum	nǫsunum
genitive	nasar	nasarinnar	nasa	nasanna

Descendants

• 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
  • Swedish: nos c, näsa c
• Old Danish: næsæ f
  • Danish: næse c
• Gutnish: nos f