ístr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *instraz (“intestine”) n.

Noun

ístr n (genitive ístrs)

(intestinal) fat

Declension

Declension of ístr (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ístr	ístrit	ístr	ístrin
accusative	ístr	ístrit	ístr	ístrin
dative	ístri	ístrinu	ístrum	ístrunum
genitive	ístrs	ístrsins	ístra	ístranna

Descendants

Icelandic: ístur
Faroese: ístur
Norwegian Bokmål: ister
Norwegian Nynorsk: ister
Old Swedish: īster
- Swedish: ister
Danish: ister

Further reading

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
“ístr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen

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