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)

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
masculine	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

Terms derived from kǫttr

fjalakǫttr (“mousetrap”)
hreysikǫttr (“ermine”)

kattarauga (“forget-me-not”)
kattarrófa (“a cat's tail”)

kattartunga (“sea plantain”)
trékǫttr (“mousetrap”)

Descendants

Danish: kat c
Faroese: køttur m
Icelandic: köttur m

Norwegian Bokmål: katt m
Norwegian Nynorsk: katt m

Old Swedish katter m
- Swedish: katt c
Westrobothnian: kjaatt f, kjatt m

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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