þys

See also: thys and -yys

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þyssa (“uproar, tumult”), from Proto-Germanic *þausōną (“to surge, roar, flow”), related to German tosen (“to roar, rage”), Old English þys (“tempest, storm”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θɪːs/
    Rhymes: -ɪːs

Noun

þys m (genitive singular þyss, no plural)

  1. din, rumpus

Declension
declension of þys
m-s1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative þys þysinn
accusative þys þysinn
dative þys þysnum
genitive þyss þyssins

See also
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