teitr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taitaz (serene, tender). Cognate with Old English tāt, Old Saxon tēt, Old High German zeiz.

Adjective

teitr (comparative teitari, superlative teitastr)

  1. glad, cheerful, merry

Declension

Descendants

References

  • teitr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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