íss

See also: iss, ISS, īss, İSS, -iss, and -iss-

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːs/

Verb

·íss

1. first-person singular future conjunct of ithid

Mutation

Mutation of íss

radical	lenition	nasalization
·íss (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	·n-íss

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *īsaz, a variant of *īsą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-. Compare Old English īs, Old Frisian īs, Old Saxon īs, Old High German īs.

Noun

íss m

1. ice
2. (poetic, in kennings) sword
   • 1066, Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 14, in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 55-6., retrieved at the Skaldic Database

     Hôtt bað mik, þars mœttusk,
     menskorð bera forðum,
     Hlakkar íss ok hausar,
     hjalmstall í gný malma.

     The necklace-pole [WOMAN] told me earlier
     to hold the helmet-support [HEAD] high
     in the clamour of swords [BATTLE]
     where Hlǫkk’s ice [SWORD] and skulls met.

Declension

  Declension of íss (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	íss	íssinn	ísar	ísarnir
accusative	ís	ísinn	ísa	ísana
dative	ísi	ísinum	ísum	ísunum
genitive	íss	íssins	ísa	ísanna

Derived terms

• Ísland

Descendants

• Icelandic: ís
• Faroese: ísur
• Norwegian Bokmål: is
• Elfdalian: ais
• Old Swedish: īs
  • Swedish: is
• Danish: is
• Gutnish: eis, h'eis