hreysikǫttr

Old Norse

Etymology

hreysi +‎ kǫttr (cat)

Noun

hreysikǫttr m (genitive hreysikattar, plural hreysikettir)

1. ermine, weasel

Declension

  Declension of hreysikǫttr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hreysikǫttr	hreysikǫttrinn	hreysikettir	hreysikettirnir
accusative	hreysikǫtt	hreysikǫttinn	hreysikǫttu	hreysikǫttuna
dative	hreysiketti	hreysikettinum	hreysikǫttum	hreysikǫttunum
genitive	hreysikattar	hreysikattarins	hreysikatta	hreysikattanna

Related terms

• fjalakǫttr
• trékǫttr

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: røysekatt, røyskatt
• Norwegian Bokmål: røyskatt

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hreysiköttr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 208; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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