ýmiss

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ímiss

Etymology

Maybe from í (“in”) +‎ miss (“alternation”). In this case ý would be from umlauted í in dative ýmsum.

Adjective

ýmiss (not comparable)

1. various, different, alternating

Declension

Declension may be with or without contraction with or without vowel shortening. Also there are irregular forms in the neuter nominative and accusative plurals.

    Strong declension of ýmiss

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ýmiss	ýmiss	ýmist
accusative	ýmissan, ýmsan, ymsan	ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa	ýmist
dative	ýmissum, ýmsum, ymsum	ýmissi	ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu
genitive	ýmiss	ýmissar	ýmiss
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ýmissir, ýmsir, ymsir	ýmissar, ýmsar, ymsar	ýmis, ýmsi, ýms
accusative	ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa	ýmissar, ýmsar, ymsar	ýmis, ýmsi, ýms
dative	ýmissum, ýmsum, ymsum	ýmissum, ýmsum, ymsum	ýmissum, ýmsum, ymsum
genitive	ýmissa	ýmissa	ýmissa

    Weak declension of ýmiss

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ýmissi, ýmsi, ymsi	ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa	ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa
accusative	ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa	ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu	ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa
dative	ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa	ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu	ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa
genitive	ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa	ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu	ýmissa, ýmsa, ymsa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu	ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu	ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu
accusative	ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu	ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu	ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu
dative	ýmissum, ýmsum, ymsum	ýmissum, ýmsum, ymsum	ýmissum, ýmsum, ymsum
genitive	ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu	ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu	ýmissu, ýmsu, ymsu

Descendants

• Icelandic: ýmis
• Faroese: ymissur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ymis, ymse
• Norwegian Bokmål: ymis, ymse
• Elfdalian: ymsę
• Old Swedish: ymse
  • Swedish: ömse, ömsom (from dat. pl.)

Further reading

• ýmiss in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.