sótt
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsótt f (genitive singular sóttar, plural sóttir)
Declension
editDeclension of sótt | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sótt | sóttin | sóttir | sóttirnar |
accusative | sótt | sóttina | sóttir | sóttirnar |
dative | sótt | sóttini | sóttum | sóttunum |
genitive | sóttar | sóttarinnar | sótta | sóttanna |
Derived terms
editIcelandic
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic *suhtiz.
Noun
editsótt f (genitive singular sóttar, nominative plural sóttir)
Declension
editdeclension of sótt
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editsótt
Old Norse
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Germanic *suhtiz, from *seukaną (“to be sick”) + *-þiz.
Noun
editsótt f (genitive sóttar, plural sóttir)
- sickness, illness, disease
- Hávamál 95 (tr. W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor):
- Hugr einn þat veit,
er býr hjarta nær,
einn er hann sér of sefa;
ǫng er sótt verri
hveim snotrum manni
en sér engu at una.- 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.
- The mind alone knows what is near the heart,
- Hávamál 95 (tr. W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor):
Declension
edit Declension of sótt (strong i-stem)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- blóðsótt (“PMS; dysentery”)
- fársótt (“pestilence”)
- sóttalauss (“free from sickness”)
- sóttall (“causing illness, contagious”)
- sóttbitinn (“sickness-bitten”)
- sóttdauðr (“sickness-dead, struck down from sickness”)
- sótthættr (“dangerous, causing sickness”)
- sóttlauss (“not ill”)
- sóttlera (“prostrate from sickness or fever”)
- sóttlitill (“slightly ill”)
- sóttnæmr (“apt to be taken ill, contagious”)
- sóttsjúkr (“fever-sick, feverish”)
- sótttekinn (“taken ill”)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: sótt
- Faroese: sótt
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sott
- Norwegian Bokmål: sott
- Old Swedish: sōt
- Swedish: sot
- Danish: sot
References
edit- sótt in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- sótt in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editsótt
- strong feminine nominative singular of sóttr
- strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of sóttr
- strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of sóttr
Verb
editsótt
Etymology 3
editVerb
editsótt
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/ouht
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- non:Disease
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