trékǫttr

Old Norse

Etymology

tré- (wooden-) +‎ kǫttr (cat)

Noun

trékǫttr m (genitive trékattar, plural trékettir)

1. mousetrap

   Synonym: fjalakǫttr

Related terms

• hreysikǫttr

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tréköttr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 442; also available at the Internet Archive