hvǫt
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *hwatō; compare hvatr (“active”) and hvetja (“to whet, encourage”). Cognate with Old English hwatu (“omen”).
Noun edit
hvǫt 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