voss

From Old Norse vǫrsar m pl, from Vǫrs f, whence also Voss.

voss m (definite singular voss, indefinite plural vesser, definite plural vessene)

1. a man from Voss
2. (in the plural) people from Voss

• vosse, vossa f (“a woman from Voss”)

• vossing (“someone from Voss”)

From Old Norse oss, from Proto-Germanic *uns, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé.

• IPA^(key): /vɔs/

voss

1. (Scania, dated) us (objective case)

   1920, Å. Assarsson, H. Neander, T. Sjögren (lyrics), “Skånska Nationernas madavisa”:

   Vi har tyad voss hid for o eda en bid.

   We have come all this way to have a small meal.

• oss (Standard Swedish)

• sovs