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

   Synonym: meri

Declension

Declension of hryssa (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	hryssa, hryssna	hryssanna, hryssnanna

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