hlytta

Old English

Alternative forms

• hlyta, hlytere

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hluttjō, from Proto-Germanic *hlutjô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxlyt.tɑ/, [ˈl̥yt.tɑ]

Noun

hlytta m

1. agent noun of hlēotan
   1. lot-caster; diviner
      • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

        Fiaminius sē consul forsēah þā sæġene þe þā hlyttan him sædon...

        The consul Flaminius rejected the predictions that the diviners had told him...

   2. sharer, participator

Declension

Declension of hlytta (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hlytta	hlyttan
accusative	hlyttan	hlyttan
genitive	hlyttan	hlyttena
dative	hlyttan	hlyttum

Derived terms

• efnhlytta (“consort, companion”) (formed from sense 1.2)
• tānhlyta (“one who divines by the casting of twigs”) (formed from sense 1.1)