áss

See also: ass, Ass, äss, Äss, ašs, -ass, aß, and ǫ́ss

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *ansaz.

Noun

áss m (genitive áss, plural ásar)

  1. a thick pole, main beam (in a house)
  2. (nautical) the yard of a sail
  3. a rocky ridge
Declension
  Declension of áss (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative áss ássinn ásar ásarnir
accusative ás ásinn ása ásana
dative ási ásinum ásum ásunum
genitive áss ássins ása ásanna
Derived terms
  • ásstubbi m (“the stump of a beam”)
Descendants
  • Icelandic: ás
  • Norwegian:
    Norwegian Nynorsk: ås
    Norwegian Bokmål: ås
  • Swedish: ås
References
  • áss in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • áss in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énsus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ens- (“to engender, beget”). Cognate with Old English ōs, Old Saxon ās, Old High German ans-.

Alternative forms
  • ǫ́ss

Noun

áss m (genitive ásar, plural æsir)

  1. (Norse mythology) one of the gods
  2. (Norse mythology) one of the Æsir
Declension
  Declension of áss (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative áss ássinn æsir æsirnir
accusative ás ásinn æsi, ásu æsina, ásuna
dative ási, ás ásinum, ásnum ásum ásunum
genitive áss, ásar ássins, ásarins ása ásanna
Derived terms
  • ásynja f (“a goddess”)
Descendants
  • Icelandic: ás m
  • Faroese: ásur m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ås m
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ås m
  • Danish: as c
  • Swedish: as c
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