kǫttr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *kattuz (cat).

Pronunciation

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  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈkɒtːr̩/

Noun

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kǫttr m (genitive kattar, plural kettir)

  1. 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.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Faroese: køttur
  • Icelandic: köttur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: katt
  • Old Swedish: katter
  • Danish: kat
    • Norwegian Bokmål: katt

References

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  • 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.