prestr

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

prestr m (genitive prests, plural prestar)

(Christianity) 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

erkiprestr m (“archpriest”)
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

Icelandic: prestur
Faroese: prestur
Norwegian Bokmål: prest
Norwegian Nynorsk: prest
Old Swedish: præster
- Swedish: präst
Danish: præst
- → Greenlandic: palasi
Old Gutnish: prestr

Further reading

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “prestr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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