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Old Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
·íss
- first-person singular future conjunct of ithid
Mutation
Mutation of íss
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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·íss
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
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unchanged
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·n-íss
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *īsaz, a variant of *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Compare Old English īs, Old Frisian īs, Old Saxon īs, Old High German īs.
Noun
íss m
- ice
- (poetic, in kennings) sword
- 1066, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 14, in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 55-6., retrieved at the Skaldic Database
Hôtt bað mik, þars mœttusk,
menskorð bera forðum,
Hlakkar íss ok hausar,
hjalmstall í gný malma.- The necklace-pole told me earlier
to hold the helmet-support high
in the clamour of swords
where Hlǫkk’s ice and skulls met.
Declension
Declension of íss (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants