hyski

From Old Norse hyski (“household, family”) (also hýski), from hús (“house”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪscɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪscɪ

hyski n (genitive singular hyskis, no plural)

1. rabble, beggars, white trash, low people
2. (dated) household, family

• Once used to refer collectively to parents, children and their servants—an old term for a family—almost synonymous to the contemporary term fjölskylda (“family”).

• (rabble): illþýði, ómerkilegt fólk
• (household, family): fjölskylda, heimilisfólk

• hús
• hjú

• A deliberation on the word "hyski" on the Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum ("Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies")