hlutr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hlutą (“lot, share, fate”).
Noun
hlutr m
- part, thing
- þjórhluti ― ox-parts
- participation
- fate, lot
- hlutskifti ― share by lot
Declension
Declension of hlutr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hlutr | hlutrinn | hlutir | hlutirnir |
accusative | hlut | hlutinn | hluti | hlutina |
dative | hlut | hlutinum | hlutum | hlutunum |
genitive | hlutar | hlutarins | hluta | hlutanna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: hlutur
- Faroese: lutur
- Norwegian: lott
- Old Swedish: luter, loter
- → Swedish: lott
- Old Danish: lot
- → Danish: lod
- Westrobothnian: lött, låt, lot
See also
- hluti
References
- hlutr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- The Skaldic Project