æs
Faroese
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *ansijō. Cognate with Latin ānsa (“handle”).
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- "æs" at Sprotin.fo
Icelandic
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *ansijō. Cognate with Latin ānsa (“handle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaiːs/
- Rhymes: -aiːs
Usage notes
Almost exclusively used in the accusative plural in the adverbial phrase út í æsar (“in detail, thoroughly”).
Declension
| f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | æsin | æsar | æsarnar |
| accusative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | æsina | æsar | æsarnar |
| dative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | æsinni | æsum | æsunum |
| genitive | æsar | æsarinnar | æsa | æsanna |
References
- “æs” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ēsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ēdsto-. Cognate with West Frisian ies (“bait, carrion”), Dutch aas (“bait, carrion”) and German Aas (“bait, carrion”).
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Related terms
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ǣs”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.