hestur

Etymology
From, from , , from ,.

Noun

 * 1) stallion
 * 2) horse in general

Etymology
From, from ,.

Noun

 * 1) a horse
 * 2) * Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)
 * Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.
 * I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
 * 1)  a horse, a pommel horse, a vaulting horse

Usage notes

 * The noun is the de facto noun used to determine the case of another noun by substitution.
 * Using the noun as an example:
 * since is known to be the accusative form of  it may be deduced that  is in the accusative case as well.
 * A commonly taught mnemonic to find the cases of nouns is reciting a set of prepositions followed by an agreeing noun and is often used as an example:
 * nominative:
 * accusative:
 * dative:
 * genitive:
 * genitive: