nǫs

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nos"

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *nās-, *néh₂s-. Compare Latin nāsus.

Noun

nǫs f (genitive nasar, plural nasar or nasir)

  1. nose

Declension
  Declension of nǫs (strong ō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nǫs nǫsin nasar, nasir nasarnar, nasirnar
accusative nǫs nǫsina nasar, nasir nasarnar, nasirnar
dative nǫs nǫsinni nǫsum nǫsunum
genitive nasar nasarinnar nasa nasanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: nös f
  • Faroese: nøs f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nos f, nase m
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: nos m or f, nase m
  • Norwegian: (dialectal) nøs, nåss f;nåså, næsa, nasa m;nasa, nase f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nese m or f
  • Old Swedish: nos f, næsa f
  • Old Danish: næsæ f
  • Gutnish: nos f
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