hreysikǫttr

Old Norse

Etymology

hreysi +‎ kǫttr (cat)

Noun

hreysikǫttr m (genitive hreysikattar, plural hreysikettir)

  1. ermine, weasel

Declension

Declension of hreysikǫttr (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hreysikǫttr hreysikǫttrinn hreysikettir hreysikettirnir
accusative hreysikǫtt hreysikǫttinn hreysikǫttu hreysikǫttuna
dative hreysiketti hreysikettinum hreysikǫttum hreysikǫttunum
genitive hreysikattar hreysikattarins hreysikatta hreysikattanna

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: røysekatt, røyskatt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: røyskatt

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hreysiköttr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 208; also available at the Internet Archive
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