hvǫt

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hvꜹt, hvot

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwatō; compare hvatr (“active”) and hvetja (“to whet, encourage”). Cognate with Old English hwatu (“omen”).

Noun

hvǫt f (genitive hvatar)

1. incitement, encouragement
2. (poetic) boldness, alacrity

Declension

Declension of hvǫt (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hvǫt	hvǫtin	hvatar	hvatarnar
accusative	hvǫt	hvǫtina	hvatar	hvatarnar
dative	hvǫt	hvǫtinni	hvǫtum	hvǫtunum
genitive	hvatar	hvatarinnar	hvata	hvatanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hvöt

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “hvöt”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press
• “hvǫt” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen