ostur

From Old Norse ostr, from Proto-Germanic *justaz, from Proto-Indo-European *yaus-, *yūs- (“sap, juice, broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *yew(ǝ)- (“to blend, mix (food), knead”).

ostur m (genitive singular osts, plural ostar)

1. cheese
2. a sponge of the genus Geodia

• soltin ostur
• geitarostur
• smeltiostur
• smyrjiostur
• ostakøka

• mjólk
• smør
• kjøt
• ull

From Old Norse ostr (whence also the Danish ost, Faroese ostur, Norwegian ost and Swedish ost) from Proto-Germanic *justaz. Akin to Latin ius, Proto-Slavic *juxa. Compare Finnish juusto.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔstʏr]
• Rhymes: -ɔstʏr

ostur m (genitive singular osts, nominative plural ostar)

1. cheese
2. (slang) smegma

• (smegma): reðurfarði m, limfarði m

• geitaostur (“goat's cheese”)
• gráðostur (“blue cheese”)
• mysuostur (“whey cheese, brown cheese”)
• ostabakki (“cheeseboard”)
• ostagerð (“cheesemaking”)
• ostahnífur (“cheese knife”)
• ostakaka (“cheesecake”)
• ostaskeri (“cheese slicer”)
• ostefni (“curd”)
• ostsneið (“slice of cheese”)
• rjómaostur (“cream cheese”)
• smurostur (“cheese spread”)

• hostur

ostur m (oblique plural osturs, nominative singular osturs, nominative plural ostur)

1. goshawk
   • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 214 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, lines 2814-7:

     ove ses dras, a ses oisels,
     dunt il ad de bons e de bels.
     En sun pung prent un grant ostur
     e un drap d'estrange culur

     with his cloths and his birds
     among which a number of fine ones
     he takes a large goshawk in his hand
     and a cloth of a strange color