fjalakǫttr

Old Norse

Etymology

fjǫl (board) +‎ kǫttr (cat)

Noun

fjalakǫttr m (genitive fjalakattar, plural fjalakettir)

  1. mousetrap
    Synonym: trékǫttr

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fjalaköttr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 138; also available at the Internet Archive
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