Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *justaz. Akin to Latin ius, Proto-Slavic *juxa. Compare Finnish juusto.

Noun

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ostr m (genitive osts, plural ostar)

  1. cheese

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: ostur
  • Faroese: ostur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ost, (dialectal) ost’e, øst, ust
  • Swedish: ost
  • Danish: ost
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ost
  • Old Gutnish: ustr
  • North Frisian: Aast (Sylt)

References

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