hress

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hress.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r̥ɛsː/

  Rhymes: -ɛsː

Adjective

hress (comparative hressari, superlative hressastur)

1. healthy, hale, well

Declension

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hress	hress	hresst
accusative	hressan	hressa	hresst
dative	hressum	hressri	hressu
genitive	hress	hressrar	hress
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressir	hressar	hress
accusative	hressa	hressar	hress
dative	hressum	hressum	hressum
genitive	hressra	hressra	hressra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressi	hressa	hressa
accusative	hressa	hressu	hressa
dative	hressa	hressu	hressa
genitive	hressa	hressu	hressa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressu	hressu	hressu
accusative	hressu	hressu	hressu
dative	hressu	hressu	hressu
genitive	hressu	hressu	hressu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressari	hressari	hressara
accusative	hressari	hressari	hressara
dative	hressari	hressari	hressara
genitive	hressari	hressari	hressara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressari	hressari	hressari
accusative	hressari	hressari	hressari
dative	hressari	hressari	hressari
genitive	hressari	hressari	hressari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressastur	hressust	hressast
accusative	hressastan	hressasta	hressast
dative	hressustum	hressastri	hressustu
genitive	hressasts	hressastrar	hressasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressastir	hressastar	hressust
accusative	hressasta	hressastar	hressust
dative	hressustum	hressustum	hressustum
genitive	hressastra	hressastra	hressastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressasti	hressasta	hressasta
accusative	hressasta	hressustu	hressasta
dative	hressasta	hressustu	hressasta
genitive	hressasta	hressustu	hressasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressustu	hressustu	hressustu
accusative	hressustu	hressustu	hressustu
dative	hressustu	hressustu	hressustu
genitive	hressustu	hressustu	hressustu

Synonyms

• hraustur
• heilsugóður

Old Norse

Etymology

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Adjective

hress

1. hale, heart, in good spirits

Declension

    Strong declension of hress

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hress	hress	hrest
accusative	hressan	hressa	hrest
dative	hressum	hressi	hressu
genitive	hresss	hressar	hresss
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressir	hressar	hress
accusative	hressa	hressar	hress
dative	hressum	hressum	hressum
genitive	hressa	hressa	hressa

    Weak declension of hress

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressi	hressa	hressa
accusative	hressa	hressu	hressa
dative	hressa	hressu	hressa
genitive	hressa	hressu	hressa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressu	hressu	hressu
accusative	hressu	hressu	hressu
dative	hressum	hressum	hressum
genitive	hressu	hressu	hressu

    Declension of comparative of hress

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressari	hressari	hressara
accusative	hressara	hressari	hressara
dative	hressara	hressari	hressara
genitive	hressara	hressari	hressara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressari	hressari	hressari
accusative	hressari	hressari	hressari
dative	hressurum	hressurum	hressurum
genitive	hressari	hressari	hressari

    Strong declension of superlative of hress

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressastr	hressust	hressast
accusative	hressastan	hressasta	hressast
dative	hressustum	hressastri	hressustu
genitive	hressasts	hressastrar	hressasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressastir	hressastar	hressust
accusative	hressasta	hressastar	hressust
dative	hressustum	hressustum	hressustum
genitive	hressastra	hressastra	hressastra

    Weak declension of superlative of hress

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressasti	hressasta	hressasta
accusative	hressasta	hressustu	hressasta
dative	hressasta	hressustu	hressasta
genitive	hressasta	hressustu	hressasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hressustu	hressustu	hressustu
accusative	hressustu	hressustu	hressustu
dative	hressustum	hressustum	hressustum
genitive	hressustu	hressustu	hressustu

Derived terms

• hressa
• hressleikr

Descendants

• Icelandic: hress

Verb

hress

1. second-person singular imperative active of hressa

References

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