áta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ata"

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ētǭ (“food”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”).

Noun

áta f (genitive átu)

  1. eating
  2. food, meet

Declension

Declension of áta (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative áta átan átur áturnar
accusative átu átuna átur áturnar
dative átu átunni átum átunum
genitive átu átunnar átna átnanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: áta f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: åte f or n
  • Norwegian Bokmål: åte m or f or n

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “áta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 38; also available at the Internet Archive
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