sótt

See also: sott, sött, sott', and sott-

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sœʰtː/
• Rhymes: -œʰtː
• Homophone: søtt

Noun

sótt f (genitive singular sóttar, plural sóttir)

1. illness, sickness

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sótt	sóttin	sóttir	sóttirnar
accusative	sótt	sóttina	sóttir	sóttirnar
dative	sótt	sóttini	sóttum	sóttunum
genitive	sóttar	sóttarinnar	sótta	sóttanna

Derived terms

• banasótt
• blóðsótt
• bráðasótt
• brunasótt
• farsótt
• garnasótt
• gulusótt
• hitasótt
• kálksótt
• kálvsótt
• landfarsótt
• niðurfalssótt
• ólívssótt
• sóttarhald
• umfarssótt

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /souht/
• Rhymes: -ouht

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.

Noun

sótt f (genitive singular sóttar, nominative plural sóttir)

1. illness, sickness

Declension

Declension of sótt (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sótt	sóttin	sóttir	sóttirnar
accusative	sótt	sóttina	sóttir	sóttirnar
dative	sótt	sóttinni	sóttum	sóttunum
genitive	sóttar	sóttarinnar	sótta	sóttanna

Derived terms

• áblásturssótt
• hettusótt
• jóðsótt
• sárasótt
• sótthreinsa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sótt

1. supine of sækja (“to get, to fetch”)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *suhtiz, from *seukaną (“to be sick”) + *-þiz.

Noun

sótt f (genitive sóttar, plural sóttir)

1. sickness, illness, disease

   Synonyms: sjúkdómr; sjúkleiki, sjúkleikr; sjúknaðr

   • Hávamál 95 (tr. W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor):

     Hugr einn þat veit,
     er býr hjarta nær,
     einn er hann sér of sefa;
     ǫng er sótt verri
     hveim snotrum manni
     en sér engu at una.

     The mind alone knows what is near the heart,
     Each is his own judge:
     The worst sickness for a wise man
     Is to crave what he cannot enjoy.

Declension

Declension of sótt (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sótt	sóttin	sóttir	sóttirnar
accusative	sótt	sóttina	sóttir	sóttirnar
dative	sótt	sóttinni	sóttum	sóttunum
genitive	sóttar	sóttarinnar	sótta	sóttanna

Derived terms

• blóðsótt (“PMS; dysentery”)
• fársótt (“pestilence”)
• sóttalauss (“free from sickness”)
• sóttall (“causing illness, contagious”)
• sóttbitinn (“sickness-bitten”)
• sóttdauðr (“sickness-dead, struck down from sickness”)
• sótthættr (“dangerous, causing sickness”)
• sóttlauss (“not ill”)
• sóttlera (“prostrate from sickness or fever”)
• sóttlitill (“slightly ill”)
• sóttnæmr (“apt to be taken ill, contagious”)
• sóttsjúkr (“fever-sick, feverish”)
• sótttekinn (“taken ill”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: sótt
• Faroese: sótt
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sott
• Norwegian Bokmål: sott
• Old Swedish: sōt
  • Swedish: sot
• Danish: sot

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “sótt”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 580
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “sótt”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 397; also available at the Internet Archive

Etymology 2

Participle

sótt

1. strong feminine nominative singular of sóttr
2. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of sóttr
3. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of sóttr

Verb

sótt

1. supine of sǿkja

Etymology 3

Verb

sótt

1. second-person singular past indicative active of súga