sótt – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of sótt

Noun: sótt
Gender: f

Nominative

Sg. Indef.sótt
Sg. Def.sóttin
Pl. Indef.sóttir
Pl. Def.sóttirnar

Genitive

Sg. Indef.sóttar
Sg. Def.sóttarinnar
Pl. Indef.sótta
Pl. Def.sóttanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.sótt
Sg. Def.sóttinni
Pl. Indef.sóttum
Pl. Def.sóttunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.sótt
Sg. Def.sóttina
Pl. Indef.sóttir
Pl. Def.sóttirnar

Sample Sentences

  • Hugr einn þat veit,
  • er býr hjarta nær,
  • einn er hann sér of sefa;
  • ǫng er sótt verri
  • hveim snotrum manni (The mind alone knows what is near the heart,
  • Each is his own judge:
  • The worst sickness for a wise man
  • Is to crave what he cannot enjoy.) [Hávamál 95 (tr. W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor)]

Nouns inflected like sótt

jórsalaferð, þjónkan, auralykt, ón, ásjón, þurft, deyfð, drótt, fjǫld, feigð, fylgð, grein, burst, hlust, hrygð, hvíld, hátíð, átt, ást, ætt, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *suhtiz, from *seukaną (“to be sick”) + *-þiz.

Verbs referencing "sótt"

Danish Nouns sot, German Nouns Sucht, Faroese Nouns sótt, Icelandic Nouns sótt, Old English Nouns suht, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns sott, Swedish Nouns lungsot.

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