Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *ōsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (mouth). Cognate with Latin ōs (mouth), Sanskrit आस् (ās).

Noun

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óss m (genitive óss, plural ósar)

  1. (of a river) mouth
    Synonym: mynni

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: ós
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: os m or n
  • Norwegian Bokmål: os m or n
  • Swedish: os n

References

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  • óss in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.