hryssa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hryssa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈr̥ɪsːa/

  Rhymes: -ɪsːa

Noun

hryssa f (genitive singular hryssu, nominative plural hryssur)

1. a mare

Synonyms

• (mare): meri

See also

• hross

Old Norse

Noun

hryssa f (genitive hryssu, plural hryssur)

1. mare

Declension

  Declension of hryssa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hryssa	hryssan	hryssur	hryssurnar
accusative	hryssu	hryssuna	hryssur	hryssurnar
dative	hryssu	hryssunni	hryssum	hryssunum
genitive	hryssu	hryssunnar	hryssna	hryssnanna

Synonyms

• jalda f
• merr f

Descendants

• Faroese: ryssa f
• Icelandic: hryssa f

References

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