nautr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ganautaz. Cognate with Old English ġenēat.

Noun

nautr m (genitive nauts, plural nautar)

1. A mate, fellow.
2. A donor, giver.
3. A gift.

Declension

  Declension of nautr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nautr	nautrinn	nautar	nautarnir
accusative	naut	nautinn	nauta	nautana
dative	nauti	nautinum	nautum	nautunum
genitive	nauts	nautsins	nauta	nautanna

Derived terms

• fǫrunautr (“travelling companion”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: nautur
• Old Swedish: nø̄ter
• Old Gutnish: nautr

References

• “nautr” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874), p. 447.
• “nautr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 309.
• “nautr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen