helsótt

Old Norse

Etymology

From hel +‎ sótt.

Noun

helsótt f (genitive helsóttar, plural helsóttir)

1. a sickness that ends ones life

Declension

  Declension of helsótt (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	helsótt	helsóttin	helsóttir	helsóttirnar
accusative	helsótt	helsóttina	helsóttir	helsóttirnar
dative	helsótt	helsóttinni	helsóttum	helsóttunum
genitive	helsóttar	helsóttarinnar	helsótta	helsóttanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: helsótt
• Faroese: helsótt
• Norwegian Nynorsk: helsott
• Old Swedish: helsot, hälsot
  • Swedish: helsot
• Danish: helsot

References

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)