íss
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
·íss
- first-person singular future conjunct of ithid
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| ·íss | unchanged | ·n-íss |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *īsaz, a variant of *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Compare Old English īs, Old Frisian īs, Old Saxon īs, Old High German īs.
Noun edit
íss m
- ice
- (poetic, in kennings) sword
- 1066, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 14, in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 55-6., retrieved at the Skaldic Database
- Hôtt bað mik, þars mœttusk,
menskorð bera forðum,
Hlakkar íss ok hausar,
hjalmstall í gný malma.- The necklace-pole [WOMAN] told me earlier
to hold the helmet-support [HEAD] high
in the clamour of swords [BATTLE]
where Hlǫkk’s ice [SWORD] and skulls met.
- The necklace-pole [WOMAN] told me earlier
- 1066, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 14, in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 55-6., retrieved at the Skaldic Database
Declension edit
Declension of íss (strong a-stem)