Hestr

Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hangistaz, *hanhistaz.

Noun
hestr m (genitive singular hests, plural hestar)
 * 1) a horse, a stallion
 * Sá hestr, er Dagr á, heitir Skinfaxi, ok lýsir allt loft ok jǫrðina af faxi hans.


 * The horse, owned by Dagr, is called Skinfaxi, and with his mane he brightens all sky and earth. - 10. Gylfaginning

Descendants

 * Icelandic: hesturm
 * Faroese: hestur m
 * Norwegian: hest m
 * Shetland Norn: hest m (from "nornlanguage.110mb.com")Hestrrunes02.gif
 * Danish: hest c
 * Swedish: häst c

Runic Forms
(the standardized runic form is underlined)
 * histR (The Rök Runestone: Ög 136 $)
 * histr (approximated)