hestr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hangistaz.

Noun

hestr m

horse

Declension

Declension of hestr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hestr	hestrinn	hestar	hestarnir
accusative	hest	hestinn	hesta	hestana
dative	hesti	hestinum	hestum	hestunum
genitive	hests	hestsins	hesta	hestanna

Synonyms

(horse):^def. hross

Descendants

Danish: hest c
Faroese: hestur m
Icelandic: hestur m

Norwegian (bokmål): hest m
Norwegian (nynorsk): hest
Old Swedish: hæster
- Swedish: häst c

References

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

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