reitr

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

reitr m (nominative plural reitar or reitir)

  1. a space marked out
  2. (chess) a square (on a chessboard)

Declension

Declension of reitr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative reitr reitrinn reitar reitarnir
accusative reit reitinn reita reitana
dative reiti reitinum reitum reitunum
genitive reits reitsins reita reitanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: reitur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reit

Further reading

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