sláttr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slahtuz.

Noun

sláttr m (genitive sláttar, dative slætti)

1. mowing
2. playing (a harp)

Declension

Declension of sláttr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sláttr	sláttrinn	slættir	slættirnir
accusative	slátt	sláttinn	sláttu	sláttuna
dative	slætti	slættinum	sláttum	sláttunum
genitive	sláttar	sláttarins	slátta	sláttanna

Related terms

• slá

Descendants

• Icelandic: sláttur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: slått
• Old Swedish: slāt f
  • Swedish: slåtter c

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sláttr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 387; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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