kvistr

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *twistaz or perhaps derived from Proto-Germanic *kwastuz.

Noun edit

kvistr m (genitive kvistar, dative kvisti, plural kvistir)

twig, branch

Declension edit

Declension of kvistr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvistr	kvistrinn	kvistir	kvistirnir
accusative	kvist	kvistinn	kvistu	kvistuna
dative	kvisti	kvistinum	kvistum	kvistunum
genitive	kvistar	kvistarins	kvista	kvistanna

Descendants edit

Icelandic: kvistur
Faroese: kvistur
Norwegian Nynorsk: kvist
Norwegian Bokmål: kvist
Swedish: kvist
→ Middle English: quist
- English: quist (dialectal)

References edit

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

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