ætt

See also: aett and ätt

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈaʰtː]

Noun

ætt f (genitive singular ættar, plural ættir)

  1. dynasty, lineage
  2. generation
  3. (biology) family (familja)
  4. language family

Declension
Declension of ætt
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ætt ættin ættir ættirnar
accusative ætt ættina ættir ættirnar
dative ætt ættini ættum ættunum
genitive ættar ættarinnar ætta ættanna

Derived terms

Noun

ætt f (genitive singular ættar, plural ættir)

  1. direction, point of the compass
  2. wind direction

Declension
Declension of ætt
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ætt ættin ættir ættirnar
accusative ætt ættina ættir ættirnar
dative ætt ættini ættum ættunum
genitive ættar ættarinnar ætta ættanna

Derived terms
  • vindætt
  • høgætt
  • lágætt

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ætt, from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aiht/
    Rhymes: -aiht

Noun

ætt f (genitive singular ættar, nominative plural ættir)

  1. family (referring to an extended family, dynasty, etc.)
  2. (biology, taxonomy) family

Declension
declension of ætt
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ætt ættin ættir ættirnar
accusative ætt ættina ættir ættirnar
dative ætt ættinni ættum ættunum
genitive ættar ættarinnar ætta ættanna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ætt

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛtː/

Noun

ætt f (definite singular ætta, indefinite plural ætter, definite plural ættene)

  1. extended family, clan

References

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aihtiz (“possession, property”).

Noun

ætt f (genitive ættar, plural ættir)

  1. quarter of the heaven, direction
  2. family, extraction, pedigree
  3. generation

Declension
  Declension of ætt (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ætt ættin ættir ættirnar
accusative ætt ættina ættir ættirnar
dative ætt ættinni ættum ættunum
genitive ættar ættarinnar ætta ættanna

Derived terms
  • austrátt f (“the east”)
  • austrætt f (“the east”)
  • bóndaætt f (“the extraction of a bóndi”)
  • fǫðurætt f (“kinsfolk on the father's side”)
  • norðrátt f (“the north”)
  • norðrætt f (“the north”)
  • suðrætt f (“the south”)
  • vestrætt f (“the western quarter (of the heavens)”)
  • áttarauki m (“increase of the family”)
  • áttarmót n (“relationship”)
  • áttarœxling f (“propagation of kin”)
  • áttbogi m (“lineage”)
  • átthagi m (“one's native place, one's home”)
  • áttleggr m (“stem, lineage”)
  • áttlera (“degenerate”)
  • áttniðjungr m (“kinsman, descendant”)
  • áttniðr m (“kinsman, descendant”)
  • áttrunnr m (“kinsman, descendant”)
  • áttstafr m (“kinsman”)
  • áttungr m (“kinsman”)
  • áttvísi f (“genealogical knowledge”)
  • ættarbragð n (“family trait”)
  • ættarbœtir m (“betterer of one's family”)
  • ættarferð f (“origin, descent”)
  • ættarfylgja f (“family guardian spirit”)
  • ættargift f (“family luck”)
  • ættargripr m (“heirloom”)
  • ættarhaugr m (“family cairn, family tomb”)
  • ættarhǫgg n (“family blow, calamity”)
  • ættarmót n (“family likeness”)
  • ættarnafn n (“hereditary title”)
  • ættarréttr m (“hereditary right”)
  • ættarríki n (“hereditary kingdom”)
  • ættarskarð n (“a loss (by death) in a family”)
  • ættarskǫmm f (“a disgrace to a family (of a person)”)
  • ættarspillir m (“family spoiler, disgracer”)
  • ættarsvipr m (“family likeness”)
  • ættartal n (“pedigree, genealogy”)
  • ættartala f (“pedigree, genealogy”)
  • ættaðr (“descended”)
  • ættbogi m (“lineage”)
  • ættborinn (“born native…”)
  • ætterni n (“descent, extraction, origin; family, kindred, kinsmen”)
  • ættfolk n (“relations, kinsmen”)
  • ættfróðr (“well versed in pedigrees”)
  • ættfœrsla f (“adoption”)
  • ættgangr m (“succession”)
  • ættgeigr m (“family calamity”)
  • ættgengr (“characteristic of one's family, born in the blood”)
  • ættgóðr (“of good family”)
  • ættgœði n (“goodness of origin, rank, high birth”)
  • ættgǫfugr (“of noble extraction”)
  • ætthagi m (“one's native place, one's home”)
  • ætthringr m (“lineage, pedigree”)
  • ættingi m (“kinsman”)
  • ættjǫrð f (“native country”)
  • ættkvísl f (“a line, branch of family”)
  • ættland n (“one's native land”)
  • ættleggr m (“stem, lineage”)
  • ættleifð f (“patrimony”)
  • ættleiða (“to legitimate”)
  • ættleiðing f (“legitimation (of a natural child)”)
  • ættleiðingr m (“a legitimated child”)
  • ættlera (“degenerate”)
  • ættleri m (“a degenerate person, a discredit to a family”)
  • ættliðr m (“a link in a pedigree”)
  • ættmenn m pl (“kinsmenn”)
  • ættnafn n (“a (Christian) name usual in the family”)
  • ættniðr m (“descendant”)
  • ættrif n (“stem, lineage”)
  • ættsmár (“of low extraction”)
  • ættstórr (“high-born”)
  • ættstœri f (“greatness of extraction”)
  • ættvíg f (“slaying of a kinsman”)
  • ættvísi f (“knowledge of genealogies”)

Descendants

References
  • ætt in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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