skessa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skarsjǭ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈscɛsːa/
    Rhymes: -ɛsːa

Noun

skessa f (genitive singular skessu, nominative plural skessur)

  1. troll woman, giantess

Declension
declension of skessa
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skessa skessan skessur skessurnar
accusative skessu skessuna skessur skessurnar
dative skessu skessunni skessum skessunum
genitive skessu skessunnar skessa skessanna

Old Norse

Noun

skessa f (genitive skessu)

  1. giantess, witch

Declension
  Declension of skessa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skessa skessan skessur skessurnar
accusative skessu skessuna skessur skessurnar
dative skessu skessunni skessum skessunum
genitive skessu skessunnar skessna skessnanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: skessa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skjesse

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