kǫttr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Late Proto-Germanic *kattuz (“cat”), from Latin cattus (“cat”). Cognate with Old English catt, Old Saxon katto, Old High German kazzo.
Pronunciation
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Noun
kǫttr m (genitive kattar, plural kettir)
- cat
- Magus saga jarls 19, in 1884, G. Cederschiöld, Fornsögur Suðrlanda. Lund, page 34:
- […] enn annat var morautt, sem i kauttum.
- […] but the other [eye] was yellow-brown, as if that of a cat.
- Magus saga jarls 19, in 1884, G. Cederschiöld, Fornsögur Suðrlanda. Lund, page 34:
Declension
Declension of kǫttr (strong u-stem)
Derived terms
- fjalakǫttr (“mousetrap”)
- hreysikǫttr (“ermine”)
- kattarauga (“forget-me-not”)
- kattarrófa (“a cat's tail”)
- kattartunga (“sea plantain”)
- trékǫttr (“mousetrap”)
Descendants
- Faroese: køttur
- Icelandic: köttur
- Norwegian Bokmål: katt
- Norwegian Nynorsk: katt
- Old Swedish: katter
- Swedish: katt
- Danish: kat
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References
- kǫttr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- kǫttr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.