goti – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of goti

Noun: goti
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.goti
Sg. Def.gotinn
Pl. Indef.gotnar
Pl. Def.gotnarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.gota
Sg. Def.gotans
Pl. Indef.gotna
Pl. Def.gotnanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.gota
Sg. Def.gotanum
Pl. Indef.gotnum
Pl. Def.gotnumnum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.gota
Sg. Def.gotann
Pl. Indef.gotna
Pl. Def.gotnana

Sample Sentences

  • […]frǫ́gu frǿknan / ef fjǫr vildi (They asked the bold one if he, the prince of the Gots, would wish to buy his life with gold.) [9th c., Anonymous, Atlakviða, verse 21]
  • […]sitiʀ nú garwʀ / á gota sínum
  • skealdi um fatlaðʀ / skati mǽringa. [9th c., Rök runestone]
  • Svá beit þá sverð / ór siklings hendi
  • váðir Váfaðar, / sem í vatn brygði.
  • Brǫkuðu broddar, / brotnuðu skildir,
  • glumruðu gylfringar / í gotna hausum.
  • Then the sword in the sovereign’s hand bit the garments of Váfuðr <=Óðinn> [ARMOUR], as if it were cutting through water. Points clanged, shields burst, swords clattered in the skulls of men. [10th c., Eyvindr skáldaspillir Finnsson, Hákonarmál, verse 5]

Nouns inflected like goti

goti,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gutô.

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