ótti

From Old Norse ótti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to fear, to be afraid”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈœʰtːɪ/

ótti m (genitive singular ótta, uncountable)

1. fear, dread

• tað er ótti á mær

From Old Norse ótti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to fear, to be afraid”). Related to aga, agi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈouhtɪ/

  Rhymes: -ouhtɪ

ótti m (genitive singular ótta, no plural)

1. fear, dread

   Synonyms: beygur, geigur, hryllingur, hræðsla, ógn, óhugnaður, óhugur, skelfing, skrekkur

• óttalaus
• óttalega
• óttalegur
• óttasleginn
• óttast

From Proto-Norse ᛟᛏᚨ (ota), from Proto-Germanic *uhtô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be upset, afraid”).

ótti m (genitive ótta)

1. fear, dread
2. danger

• óttask (“to fear, dread”)
• Óttarr m

• Icelandic: ótti
• Faroese: ótti

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “ótti”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press