skessa
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *skarsjǭ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editskessa f (genitive singular skessu, nominative plural skessur)
- troll woman, giantess
- (derogatory) fat and ugly woman
Declension
editdeclension of skessa
f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skessa | skessan | skessur | skessurnar |
accusative | skessu | skessuna | skessur | skessurnar |
dative | skessu | skessunni | skessum | skessunum |
genitive | skessu | skessunnar | skessa | skessanna |
Further reading
edit- “skessa” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse
editEtymology
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Noun
editskessa f (genitive skessu)
Declension
edit Declension of skessa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skessa | skessan | skessur | skessurnar |
accusative | skessu | skessuna | skessur | skessurnar |
dative | skessu | skessunni | skessum | skessunum |
genitive | skessu | skessunnar | skessna | skessnanna |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “skessa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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