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koss

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See also: Koss, köss, and kôš

English

Noun

koss (plural kosses or koss)

  1. Alternative spelling of coss.
    • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, 'In Flood Time', In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, pages 410–11:
      A full half koss from bank to bank is the stream now – you can see it under the stars – and there are ten feet of water therein.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

koss m (genitive singular koss, nominative plural kossar)

  1. a kiss

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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Norwegian Bokmål

Adverb

koss

  1. (non-standard since 1959) alternative form of åssen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kǫs.

Pronunciation

Noun

koss f (definite singular kossa, indefinite plural kosser, definite plural kossene)

  1. alternative form of kòs

Noun

koss m or n (definite singular kossen or kosset, indefinite plural kossar or koss, definite plural kossane or kossa)

  1. a heap of ice

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hvorsu, hversu. Cognate with Faroese hvussu. Attested by David Klim in 17th century as koes.

Pronunciation

Adverb

koss

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of korleis
    • 1988, Sveinung Time, Arne Garborg om seg sjølv [Arne Garborg about himself]:
      Og kóss skulde eg koma til Arabia, når eg kunde korkje tysk eller arabisk mål?
      And how was I to get to Arabia, when I knew neither German nor Arabic speech?
    • 1905, Ivar Mortensson-Egnund, Edda-kvæde [Edda Poems]:
      Koss er med åsom, koss er med alvom?
      How goes it with the Æsir, how goes it with the elves?

References

  • “koss”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “koss” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • “korso” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • Torleiv Hannaas (1911), Ældre norske Sprogminder : Ordsamling fraa Robyggjelaget (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 29
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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kussaz, whence also Old English coss, Old Saxon kus, kos, Old High German kus.

Noun

koss m

  1. kiss

Descendants

  • Icelandic: koss
  • Faroese: kossur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kyss; (dialectal) kjøss, kjuss
  • Old Swedish: kus, kos
  • Old Danish:

Note: The continental Scandinavian forms with y have been altered by association with the verb kyssa.

Further reading

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