æs

See also: äs, aes, AES, áes, a**es, and -aes

Icelandic

From Old Norse æs, from Proto-Germanic *ansijō. Cognate with Latin ānsa (“handle”).

æs f (genitive singular æsar, nominative plural æsar)

Almost exclusively used in the accusative plural in the adverbial phrase út í æsar (“in detail, thoroughly”).

declension of æs

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-s1	singular		plural
nominative	æs	æsin	æsar	æsarnar
accusative	æs	æsina	æsar	æsarnar
dative	æs	æsinni	æsum	æsunum
genitive	æsar	æsarinnar	æsa	æsanna

“æs” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.

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