skessa
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *skarsjǭ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
skessa f (genitive singular skessu, nominative plural skessur)
- troll woman, giantess
- (derogatory) fat and ugly woman
Declension[edit]
declension of skessa
f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skessa | skessan | skessur | skessurnar |
accusative | skessu | skessuna | skessur | skessurnar |
dative | skessu | skessunni | skessum | skessunum |
genitive | skessu | skessunnar | skessa | skessanna |
Further reading[edit]
- “skessa” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
skessa f (genitive skessu)
Declension[edit]
Declension of skessa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skessa | skessan | skessur | skessurnar |
accusative | skessu | skessuna | skessur | skessurnar |
dative | skessu | skessunni | skessum | skessunum |
genitive | skessu | skessunnar | skessna | skessnanna |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “skessa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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