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heilsa

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse heilsa.

Noun

heilsa f (genitive singular heilsu, plural heilsur)

  1. health
  2. greeting

Declension

More information f1, singular ...

Synonyms

Verb

heilsa (third person singular past indicative heilsaði, third person plural past indicative heilsað, supine heilsað)

  1. to greet

Conjugation

More information infinitive, supine ...

1Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heilsa.

Noun

heilsa f (genitive singular heilsu, no plural)

  1. health
    Hvernig er heilsan?
    How is the health?
Declension
More information singular, indefinite ...
Derived terms
  • vera við góða heilsu
  • vera við slæma heilsu

Etymology 2

Verb

heilsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative heilsaði, supine heilsað)

  1. to greet
    Heilsaðu ömmu þinni.
    Greet your grandmother.
Conjugation
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
Derived terms
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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hailisōną (to greet, salute). Cognate with Old High German heilida.

Noun

heilsa f

  1. health

Declension

More information feminine, singular ...

Descendants

  • Icelandic: heilsa
  • Faroese: heilsa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: helse, helsa, heilsa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: helse
  • Old Swedish: hēlsa, hælsa
  • Old Danish: helsæ
    • Danish: helsen
    • Scanian: hælsa
  • Middle English: hailsen, haylsen

Verb

heilsa

  1. to greet

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present participle ...
More information infinitive, present participle ...

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “heilsa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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