ætt

See also: -ætt, aett, and ätt

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʰtː/
• Rhymes: -aʰtː

Noun

ætt f (genitive singular ættar, plural ættir)

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

Declension

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

• yvirætt
• undirætt
• plantuætt
• grasætt
• notuætt
• rósuætt
• sóljuætt

Related terms

• slag (species)
• slekt (genus)
• hópur (order)
• flokkur (class)
• fylki (phylum)
• ríki (kingdom)

Noun

ætt f (genitive singular ættar, plural ættir)

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

Declension

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

Related terms

• lot
• kastivindur
• útnyrðingur
• landnyrðingur
• útsynningur
• landsynningur

Icelandic

Etymology

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

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 (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

See also

• fjölskylda

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ætt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛtː/, /ætː/

Noun

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

1. extended family, clan

References

• “ætt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• átt

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

• → English: aett
• Icelandic: átt, ætt
• Faroese: ætt
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ætt
• Old Swedish: æt
  • Swedish: ätt
• Danish: æt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ætt

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ætt”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 525; also available at the Internet Archive