prestr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Old English prēost, from Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros).

Noun

prestr m

(ecclesiastical) a priest

Declension

Declension of prestr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	prestr	prestrinn	prestar	prestarnir
accusative	prest	prestinn	presta	prestana
dative	presti	prestinum	prestum	prestunum
genitive	prests	prestsins	presta	prestanna

Derived terms

Terms derived from prestr

prestadómr m (“ecclesiastical court”)
prestafátt n (“scarcity of priests”)
prestaspítal n (“infirmary for priests”)
prestaspítali m (“infirmary for priests”)
prestastefna f (“conference of priests”)
prestborð n (“a priest's board or maintenance”)

prestkaup n (“a priest's salary”)
prestkona f (“a priest's wife”)
prestlingr m (“a theological student preparing for order”)
prestmaðr m (“clergyman, priest”)
prestsetr n (“priest's residence”)

prestskapr m (“priesthood”)
prestsstétt f (“the priestly order, priesthood”)
preststíund f (“priest's tithe”)
prestsvigsla f (“ordination of a priest”)
prestvist f (“maintenance of a priest”)

Descendants

Danish: præst
Icelandic: prestur
Norwegian Nynorsk: prest
Old Swedish: præster
- Swedish: präst

References

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

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