skessa

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skarsjǭ.

Pronunciation

Noun

skessa f (genitive singular skessu, nominative plural skessur)

  1. troll woman, giantess
  2. (derogatory) fat and ugly woman

Declension

Declension of skessa (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skessa skessan skessur skessurnar
accusative skessu skessuna skessur skessurnar
dative skessu skessunni skessum skessunum
genitive skessu skessunnar skessa skessanna

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

skessa f (genitive skessu)

  1. giantess, witch

Declension

  Declension of skessa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skessa skessan skessur skessurnar
accusative skessu skessuna skessur skessurnar
dative skessu skessunni skessum skessunum
genitive skessu skessunnar skessna skessnanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: skessa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skjesse

References

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