reitr

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

reitr m (nominative plural reitar or reitir)

1. a space marked out
2. (chess) a square (on a chessboard)

Declension

Declension of reitr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	reitr	reitrinn	reitar	reitarnir
accusative	reit	reitinn	reita	reitana
dative	reiti	reitinum	reitum	reitunum
genitive	reits	reitsins	reita	reitanna

Related terms

• reita

Descendants

• Icelandic: reitur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: reit
• Norwegian Bokmål: reit

Further reading

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