beiskr

== Old Norse == === Alternative forms === bæiskr, beiscr, beisker === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *baiskaz; related to *baiskraz (Old High German beiskar) and *bītaną (“to bite”), possibly through a lost verb *baiskijaną (for the formation, compare *dwaiskijaną). === Adjective === beiskr (comparative beiskari, superlative beiskastr) bitter, acrid, sharp (of heat) scorching, parching (figuratively) resentful, argumentative, grumpy (figuratively) contrite, remorseful ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: beiskur Faroese: beiskur Norwegian Nynorsk: beisk → Norwegian Bokmål: beisk Elfdalian: besk Old Swedish: bēsker, beesker, beysker Swedish: besk, bäsk Old Danish: besk Danish: besk Norwegian Bokmål: besk → Middle English: baysk, bask, baiske, bayscke, bayske, beȝȝsc (Ormulum)Middle Scots: bask (hapax)Scots: bask === References ===