hyski

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hyski (“household, family”) (also hýski), from Proto-Germanic *hīwiskiją (“household”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɪscɪ/ Rhymes: -ɪscɪ === Noun === hyski n (genitive singular hyskis, no plural) rabble, beggars, white trash, low people Synonyms: illþýði, ómerkilegt fólk, skríll, pakk (dated) household, family Synonyms: fjölskylda, heimilisfólk ==== Usage notes ==== Once used to refer collectively to parents, children and their servants—an old term for a family—almost synonymous with the contemporary term fjölskylda (“family”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== hús hjú ==== Further reading ==== A deliberation on the word "hyski" on the Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum ("Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies")