koss

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See also: Koss, köss, and kôš

English

Noun

koss (plural koss or kosses)

  1. Alternative form of coss

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

koss m (genitive singular koss, nominative plural kossar)

  1. a kiss

Declension

declension of koss
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative koss kossinn kossar kossarnir
accusative koss kossinn kossa kossana
dative kossi kossinum kossum kossunum
genitive koss kossins kossa kossanna

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Adverb

koss

  1. (non-standard since 1959) alternative form of åssen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kǫs.

Pronunciation

Noun

koss f (definite singular kossa, indefinite plural kosser, definite plural kossene)

  1. Alternative form of kòs

Noun

koss m or n (definite singular kossen or kosset, indefinite plural kossar or koss, definite plural kossane or kossa)

  1. a heap of ice

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hvorsu, hversu. Cognate with Faroese hvussu and Norwegian Bokmål åssen.

Pronunciation

Adverb

koss

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of korleis
    • 1988, Sveinung Time, Arne Garborg om seg sjølv [Arne Garborg about himself]:
      Og kóss skulde eg koma til Arabia, når eg kunde korkje tysk eller arabisk mål?
      And how was I to get to Arabia, when I knew neither German nor Arabic speech?
    • 1905, Ivar Mortensson-Egnund, Edda-kvæde [Edda Poems]:
      Koss er med åsom, koss er med alvom?
      How goes it with the Æsir, how goes it with the elves?

References

  • “koss”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “koss” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • “korso” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussaz, whence also Old English coss, Old Saxon kus, kos, Old High German kus.

Noun

koss m

  1. kiss

Related terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: koss
  • Faroese: kossur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kyss; (dialectal) kjøss, kjuss
  • Old Swedish: kus, kos
  • Old Danish:

Note: The continental Scandinavian forms with y have been altered by association with the verb kyssa.

References

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