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

Noun

kǫttr m (genitive kattar, plural kettir)

  1. a 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
  Declension of kǫttr (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kǫttr kǫttrinn kettir kettirnir
accusative kǫtt kǫttinn kǫttu kǫttuna
dative ketti kettinum kǫttum kǫttunum
genitive kattar kattarins katta kattanna

Derived terms
  • fjalakǫttr (“mousetrap”)
  • hreysikǫttr (“ermine”)
  • kattarauga (“forget-me-not”)
  • kattarrófa (“a cat's tail”)
  • kattartunga (“sea plantain”)
  • trékǫttr (“mousetrap”)

Descendants

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.
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