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átt

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See also: att, ätt, ått, and AT&T

Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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átt f (genitive singular áttar, nominative plural áttir)

  1. direction

Declension

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *aihtiz.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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átt f (genitive áttar, plural áttir)

  1. family, race
  2. direction
Declension
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Derived terms
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See at ætt.

Descendants
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  • Icelandic: átt, ætt
  • Faroese: ætt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ætt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ætt
  • Old Swedish: æt
  • Danish: æt

Etymology 2

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Participle

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átt

  1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of áðr
  2. inflection of áttr:
    1. strong feminine nominative singular
    2. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular/neuter

Verb

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átt

  1. inflection of eiga:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. supine
  2. supine of æja

References

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