hlutr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlutą (“lot, share, fate”).

Noun

hlutr m

1. part, thing

   þjórhluti ― ox-parts

2. participation
3. fate, lot

   hlutskipti ― share by lot

Declension

Declension of hlutr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hlutr	hlutrinn	hlutir	hlutirnir
accusative	hlut	hlutinn	hluti	hlutina
dative	hlut	hlutinum	hlutum	hlutunum
genitive	hlutar	hlutarins	hluta	hlutanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hlutur
• Faroese: lutur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lut, lott; (dialectal) lỳt, lot, løt, løtt
• Norwegian Bokmål: lott
• Old Swedish: luter, loter
  • Swedish: lott
• Old Danish: lot
  • Danish: lod

See also

• hluti

Further reading

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