kǫs

See also: kos, kòs, kós, kös, and køs

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kasuz, from Proto-Indo-European *kas- (“to throw”).

Noun

kǫs m (genitive kasar, plural kasir)

heap, pile

Declension

Declension of kǫs (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kǫs	kǫsin	kasir	kasirnar
accusative	kǫs	kǫsina	kasir	kasirnar
dative	kǫs	kǫsinni	kǫsum	kǫsunum
genitive	kasar	kasarinnar	kasa	kasanna

Related terms

kasta (“to throw”)
kǫstr m (“pile”)

Descendants

Icelandic: kös
Norwegian Nynorsk: kòs

References

kös in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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