Noun: ýtar
Gender: m
Nominative
| Pl. Indef. | ýtar |
| Pl. Def. | ýtarnir |
Genitive
| Pl. Indef. | ýta |
| Pl. Def. | ýtanna |
Dative
| Pl. Indef. | ýtum |
| Pl. Def. | ýtunum |
Accusative
| Pl. Indef. | ýta |
| Pl. Def. | ýtana |
Sample Sentences
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Frá því er at segja, / hvé sæll ek var
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ynðisheimi í;
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ok inu öðru, / hvé ýta synir
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verða nauðgir at náum. (Thence should be told / how happy I was
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in the world of pleasure;
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and the other, / how the sons of men
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are forced to become corpses.) [c. 1200, anonymous author, Sólarljóð, verse 33:]
Nouns inflected like ýtar
langfeðgar,
langniðjar,
verðaurar,
bjargaurar,
firar,
fírar,
jótar,
svíar,
englar,
meiðmar,
feðgar,
ljónar,
hǫrðar,
landaurar,
hrœrar,
taufrar,
flotnar,
virðar,
írar,
ýtar, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Compare Old English cognate Ȳte (“Jutes”) from Proto-Germanic *eutiz, a variant of *eutaz. Compare jótar.
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