hrossakjǫtsát

Old Norse

Etymology

hrossakjǫt (“horsemeat”) +‎ át (“the act of eating, food”)

Noun

hrossakjǫtsát n

1. the eating of horsemeat
   • c. 1130, Ari Þorgilsson, Íslendingabók

     Þá vas þat mælt í lǫgum, at allir menn skyldi kristnir vesa ok skírn taka, þeir es áðr váru óskírðir á landi hér; en of barnaútburð skyldu standa en fornu lǫg ok of hrossakjǫtsát.

     Then it was said in the law, that all men should be Christian and take baptism, those who were earlier unbaptized in this land; but of the exposure of children the old law would stand, likewise of the eating of horsemeat.

Declension

Declension of hrossakjǫtsát (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hrossakjǫtsát	hrossakjǫtsátit	hrossakjǫtsát	hrossakjǫtsátin
accusative	hrossakjǫtsát	hrossakjǫtsátit	hrossakjǫtsát	hrossakjǫtsátin
dative	hrossakjǫtsáti	hrossakjǫtsátinu	hrossakjǫtsátum	hrossakjǫtsátunum
genitive	hrossakjǫtsáz	hrossakjǫtsázins	hrossakjǫtsáta	hrossakjǫtsátanna