hjarsi

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hersô

Noun

hjarsi m (genitive hjarsa)

  1. (anatomy) crown of the head

Declension
  Declension of hjarsi (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hjarsi hjarsinn hjarsar hjarsarnir
accusative hjarsa hjarsann hjarsa hjarsana
dative hjarsa hjarsanum hjǫrsum hjǫrsunum
genitive hjarsa hjarsans hjarsa hjarsanna

Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hjasse
  • Swedish: hjässa
  • Old Danish: jassæ, jæssæ, jessæ, issæ
    • Danish: isse
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: isse
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: isse

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