ýtar

Old Norse

Etymology

Compare Old English cognate Ȳte (“Jutes”) from Proto-Germanic *eutiz, a variant of *eutaz. Compare jótar.

Noun

ýtar m pl

1. (poetic, heiti) men, people
   • c. 1200, anonymous author, Sólarljóð, verse 33:

     Frá því er at segja, / hvé sæll ek var
     ynðisheimi í;
     ok inu öðru, / hvé ýta synir
     verða nauðgir at náum.

     Thence should be told / how happy I was
     in the world of pleasure;
     and the other, / how the sons of men
     are forced to become corpses.

Declension

  Declension of ýtar, (strong a-stem, plural only)

masculine	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ýtar	ýtarnir
accusative	ýta	ýtana
dative	ýtum	ýtunum
genitive	ýta	ýtanna