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
masculine	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

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