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Old English · noun

os

Normalised ōs

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
Strong u-stem, irregular
IPA
/oːs/
Syllables
oːs (1 syllable)
Modern English
runicgodmouth

os1 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. a god

  2. a god; the runic character (/o(ː)/)

Declension · Strong u-stem, irregular

Declension of os
SingularPlural
Nominative ōsēseōsa
Accusative ōsōsa
Genitive ōsaēsaōsa
Dative ēseōsaōsum

os2 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. a mouth

  2. a mouth; alternative sense for the runic character (/o(ː)/)

    (os) byþ ordfruma ǣlcre sprǣċe, wīsdōmes wraþu and witena frōfur and eorla gehwām ēasnys and tōhiht.

    (mouth) is is the source of every language, Wisdom's support and consolation for the wise; Happiness and hope for every earl.

    9th c., The Old English rune poem:

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ansu, from Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god, deity”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“engender, beget”). Cognate with Old Norse áss.

Potentially from a Proto-West Germanic *ōs, Proto-Germanic *ōsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”), or from Latin ōs (“the mouth”). Only found in the Old English rune poem, which is analog to Old Norse runology, where the rune (/o(ː)/) later on had the cognate name óss, Middle Norwegian ōs, Old Swedish ōs (“inlet”).

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