Köttr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - köttr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "köttr" (or kǫttr) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

köttr (kǫttr): köttr, m. (G. kattar, n. Pl. kettir, A. Pl.köttu) Kat, = kattr, kausi, kisi, fress1 (mnt. katte Mhd. Wb. II, 438 a16 fgg;ags. catt Wright-Wülcker I, 12015.32027; ght. chazza Graff IV, 536; mht.& nht. katze Mhd. Wb. I, 792 b31;DWb. V, 280 fg; lat. catus Hehn2402 fg; Diez.3 I, 203 under gatte; jvfKuhn Zeitschr. für vergl. Sprachf. XIII,369). GráG. 4323 (GrG. I, 3426); OHm.3816 (OH. 10926); engi dynr verðr afhlaupi kattarins SE. I, 1102; er hón(nl. Freyja) ferr, þá ekr hón köttum2 ok sitr í reið SE. I, 9617 jvf 3074;ek hefi Hoddbrodd kveðinn óhneisansem kattar son Hund 1, 18 (jvf NFkv.182 Anm. og Visens "Katten er mitSøskendebarn, han har gode Dage");ek heiti Stúfr, segir hann (nl. Stúfrenn blindi, son Þórðar kattar (se Laxd.36 s. 946), da Kongen spurgte ham omhans Navn); konungr mælti: þá varðónafnligt, eða hvers son ertu? hannsegir: ek emk kattar son; allt ferr núat eino, segir konungr, eða hvarr ersá köttrinn? Mork. 10423 fgg; (Fm. VI,39018); Snorri mælti við sínn son Þorðkausa: sér köttrinn músina? Isl. II,3097; mantu ok eigi vilja vita þat áþik, at liggja hjá sem köttr (kattrFlat. II, 41518) í hreysi þar, er ekberjumst til frelsis hvárumtveggjumOrkn. 4732, hvor dog köttr maa betegneen hreysiköttr. - Jvf. igulköttr, som i Betydningen Nr. 2 svarer til mnt. katte Mnd. Wb. II, 435 a16 fg; jvf DWb.V, 2906 fgg; Mhd. Wb. I, 792 b45 fgg;Horæ Belgicæ V, 121; Pfeiffers Ger-mania IV, 156; gfr. chat, chat-castelv. Gay Gloss. archéol. I, 305 b9.

Part of speech: m

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, köttr may be more accurately written as kǫttr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚯᛏᛏᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.: Feminin.

fr.: fransk.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

nl.: nemlig.

Nr.: Nummer.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

v.: Verbum.

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