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

References

• sláttr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.