Faroese

ostur

Noun

ostur m (genitive singular osts, plural ostar)

1. cheese
2. a sponge of the genus Geodia

Declension

Derived terms

• soltin ostur
• geitarostur
• smeltiostur
• smyrjiostur
• ostakøka

See also

• mjólk
• smør
• kjøt
• ull

Icelandic

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔstʏr]
• Rhymes: -ɔstʏr

Noun

ostur m ‎(genitive singular osts, nominative plural ostar)

1. cheese
2. (slang) smegma

Declension

Synonyms

• (smegma): reðurfarði m, limfarði m, forhúðarostur m

Derived terms

• forhúðarostur

Old French

Alternative forms

• hostur

Noun

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

1. goshawk
   • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 214 (of the Champion Classiques edition, ISBN 2-7453-0520-4), 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