hauss
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hausaz, cognate with Lithuanian kiáušė, Latvian kaûss. See also hús.
Noun[edit]
hauss m (genitive hauss, plural hausar)
- 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.
- Then the sword / in the sovereign’s hand bit
Declension[edit]
Declension of hauss (strong a-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
- haussprengir (“skull-splitter”)
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
“hauss”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press