hestr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᚷᛖᛋᛏᚢᛗᛦ (hagestumʀ /⁠hągestumʀ⁠/), from Proto-Germanic *hanhistaz, *hangistaz.

Noun

hestr m

  1. horse
    Synonym: hross

Declension

Descendants

References

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