ostr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *justaz. Akin to Latin ius, Proto-Slavic *juxa. Compare Finnish juusto.

Noun

ostr m

cheese

Declension

Declension of ostr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ostr	ostrinn	ostar	ostarnir
accusative	ost	ostinn	osta	ostana
dative	osti	ostinum	ostum	ostunum
genitive	osts	ostsins	osta	ostanna

Descendants

Danish: ost c
Faroese: ostur m
Icelandic: ostur m

North Frisian (Sylt): Aast
Norwegian: ost (Bokmål), ost (Nynorsk)
Swedish: ost c

References

ostr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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