hauss

See also: Hauss and Hauß

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hausaz, cognate with Lithuanian kiáušė, Latvian kaûss. See also hús.

Noun

hauss m (genitive hauss, plural hausar)

  1. skull
    Ymis hauss ― Ymir’s skull; the world
    • 10th c., Eyvindr skáldaspillir Finnsson, Hákonarmál, verse 5:
      Svá beit þá sverð / ór siklings hendi
      váðir Váfaðar, / sem í vatn brygði.
      Brǫkuðu broddar, / brotnuðu skildir,
      glumruðu gylfringar / í gotna hausum.
      Then the sword / in the sovereign’s hand bit
      the garments of Váfuðr <=Óðinn> [ARMOUR], / as if it were cutting through water.
      Points clanged, / shields burst,
      swords clattered / in men’s skulls.

Declension
  Declension of hauss (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hauss haussinn hausar hausarnir
accusative haus hausinn hausa hausana
dative hausi hausinum hausum hausunum
genitive hauss haussins hausa hausanna

Derived terms
  • haussprengir (“skull-splitter”)

Descendants
  • Icelandic: haus
  • Norwegian: haus

See also

References

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

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