rass

rass

1. sharp, tangy

From Old Norse rass, metathesis of Proto-Germanic *arsaz, cognate to English arse, ass, German Arsch, Dutch aars, Norwegian rass, and Swedish arsle, arsel. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos.

• IPA^(key): /rasː/
• Rhymes: -asː

rass m (genitive singular rass, nominative plural rassar)

1. the buttocks, ass, arse, rump

   Synonyms: afturendi, bakhluti, bossi, sitjandi

   Hver kom við rassinn á mér?

   Who touched my ass?

• An article about the term rass (“buttocks”) at the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

From Old Irish ros (“flax-seed, linseed”).

• IPA^(key): /raːs/

rass m (genitive singular resh)

1. seed

From Old Norse rass (“behind, anus”), akin to ars, metathesis of Proto-Germanic *arsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos; compare Icelandic rass, English arse, ass, German Arsch, Dutch aars and Swedish arsle, arsel.

rass m (definite singular rassen, indefinite plural rassar, definite plural rassane)
rass n (definite singular rasset, indefinite plural rass, definite plural rassa)

1. buttocks, arse

• rasshol

• “rass” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “rass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ars

Metathesis of ars, from Proto-Germanic *arsaz. Whence also English arse.

rass m (genitive rass, plural rassar)

1. anus, posteriors

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