heilsan

== Faroese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhailsan] === Noun === heilsan f (genitive singular heilsanar, plural heilsanir) greeting ==== Usage notes ==== closing a letter kærar heilsanir - love blíðar heilsanir - kind (warm) regards heilsanir - regards ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== heilsa, kvøða ==== Derived terms ==== afturheilsan (greeting in return) jólaheilsan (Christmas greeting) skilnaðarheilsan (farewell) vinarheilsan (greeting between friends) == Old Norse == === Etymology === From heilsa (“to greet”) +‎ -an. === Noun === heilsan f (genitive heilsanar, plural heilsanir) a salutation, a greeting ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “heilsan”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive