fjalakǫttr

Old Norse

Etymology

fjǫl (board) +‎ kǫttr (cat)

Noun

fjalakǫttr m (genitive fjalakattar, plural fjalakettir)

1. mousetrap

   Synonym: trékǫttr

Related terms

• hreysikǫttr

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fjalaköttr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 138; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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