ostur

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Faroese

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ostur

Etymology

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From Old Norse ostr, from Proto-Germanic *justaz, from Proto-Indo-European *yaus-, *yūs- (sap, juice, broth), from Proto-Indo-European *yew(ǝ)- (to blend, mix (food), knead).

Noun

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ostur m (genitive singular osts, plural ostar)

  1. cheese
  2. a sponge of the genus Geodia

Declension

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Declension of ostur
m6 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ostur osturin ostar ostarnir
accusative ost ostin ostar ostarnar
dative osti ostinum ostum ostunum
genitive osts ostsins osta ostanna

Derived terms

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See also

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ostr (whence also the Danish ost, Faroese ostur, Norwegian ost and Swedish ost) from Proto-Germanic *justaz. Akin to Latin ius, Proto-Slavic *juxa. Compare Finnish juusto.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ostur m (genitive singular osts, nominative plural ostar)

  1. cheese
  2. (slang) smegma

Declension

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    Declension of ostur
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ostur osturinn ostar ostarnir
accusative ost ostinn osta ostana
dative osti ostinum ostum ostunum
genitive osts ostsins osta ostanna

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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ostur oblique singularm (oblique plural osturs, nominative singular osturs, nominative plural ostur)

  1. goshawk
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 214, lines 2814–7:
      ove ses dras, a ses oisels,
      dunt il ad de bons e de bels.
      En sun pung prent un grant ostur
      e un drap d'estrange culur
      with his cloths and his birds
      among which a number of fine ones
      he takes a large goshawk in his hand
      and a cloth of a strange color