helsótt

Old Norse

Etymology

From hel +‎ sótt.

Noun

helsótt f (genitive helsóttar, plural helsóttir)

  1. a sickness that ends ones life

Declension

Declension of helsótt (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative helsótt helsóttin helsóttir helsóttirnar
accusative helsótt helsóttina helsóttir helsóttirnar
dative helsótt helsóttinni helsóttum helsóttunum
genitive helsóttar helsóttarinnar helsótta helsóttanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: helsótt
  • Faroese: helsótt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: helsott
  • Old Swedish: helsot, hälsot
    • Swedish: helsot
  • Danish: helsot

Further reading

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