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=== Etymology === | === Etymology === | ||
From {{inh|nrn|non|hestr}}, from {{inh|nrn|gem-pro|*hangistaz}}. | From {{inh|nrn|non|hestr}}, from {{inh|nrn|gem-pro|*hangistaz}}. | ||
| + | {{Jakobsen/s}}{{*}}'''hest''' [hæst], *'''hesta''' [hæsta] and {{*}}'''hestin''' [hæstɩn], {{nornabr|sb.}}, ''a horse (stallion).'' {{nornabr|Fo.}}; {{nornabr|N.I.}} From {{nornabr|U.}} is reported {{nornsp|hestin}} as a sea-term, tabu-name for ''horse'' in fishermen’s {{nornabr|lang.}} “{{nornsp|hesta}}-foal”, and ({{nornabr|abbr.}}) {{nornsp|hesta}} are still {{nornabr|occas.}} used in the {{nornabr|N.I.}} denoting ''a wild boy,'' {{nornabr|prop.}} ''a colt'' (reported from {{nornabr|U.}} and {{nornabr|Fe.}}). — In place-names {{nornsp|hest}} is found as a designation of certain rocky formations, {{nornabr|esp.}} rocks by the sea-shore, thus {{nornabr|e.g.}} {{nornsp|Hest}} (Oddste, {{nornabr|Fe.}}), {{nornsp|Hessen}} (*Hesten) {{nornsp|gula}} [hæsən gola] ({{nornabr|N.Roe}}), a yellowish rock: *hestinn gula, {{nornabr|accuss.}} of <!-- hyphen? -->“hestrinn guli”. {{nornabr|Occas.}} by anglicising “horse”, {{nornabr|e.g.}} de Horse o’ Hjafell [hjāfel] (Ness of Islesburgh, {{nornabr|Nm{{sup|w}}.}}). — {{nornabr|O.N.}} hestr, {{nornabr|m.}}, ''a horse,'' {{nornabr|esp.}} ''a stallion.''{{Jakobsen/e}} | ||
=== Pronunciation === | === Pronunciation === | ||
Latest revision as of 21:37, 20 June 2021
Nynorn
Etymology
From Old Norse hestr, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz.
- An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)
- Jakobsen, Jakob
*hest [hæst], *hesta [hæsta] and *hestin [hæstɩn], sb., a horse (stallion). Fo.; N.I. From U. is reported hestin as a sea-term, tabu-name for horse in fishermen’s lang. “hesta-foal”, and (abbr.) hesta are still occas. used in the N.I. denoting a wild boy, prop. a colt (reported from U. and Fe.). — In place-names hest is found as a designation of certain rocky formations, esp. rocks by the sea-shore, thus e.g. Hest (Oddste, Fe.), Hessen (*Hesten) gula [hæsən gola] (N.Roe), a yellowish rock: *hestinn gula, accuss. of “hestrinn guli”. Occas. by anglicising “horse”, e.g. de Horse o’ Hjafell [hjāfel] (Ness of Islesburgh, Nmw.). — O.N. hestr, m., a horse, esp. a stallion.
Pronunciation
IPA:
Alternate Forms
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Noun
- hest
- horse
Inflection
| nm.s.1 | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | hest | hesten | hestar | hestarne |
| Accusative | hest | hesten | hesta | hestana |
| Dative | hesti | hestenon | heston | hestonon |
| Genitive | hests | hestsens | hesta | hestana |
Synonyms
(none known)