hvǫt
Old Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *hwatō; compare hvatr (“active”) and hvetja (“to whet, encourage”). Cognate with Old English hwatu (“omen”).
Noun
edithvǫt f (genitive hvatar)
Declension
edit Declension of hvǫt (strong ō-stem)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: hvöt
References
edit- “hvöt” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
- “hvǫt” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen