hljóta

From Old Norse hljóta, from Proto-Germanic *hleutaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̥jouːta/
• Rhymes: -ouːta

hljóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hlaut, third-person plural past indicative hlutu, supine hlotið)

1. to obtain, to get, to receive, to draw, to take [with accusative]

   Synonym: hlotnast

   Ég hlýt bílinn í aðalverðlaun.

   I get the car for first prize.

   Hún hlaut styrk til háskólanáms.

   She received a scholarship to a university.

2. (auxiliary) must, to have to, to be bound to [with accusative]

   Synonym: verða

   Hann hlýtur að vera kominn — hann er aldrei seinn.

   He must be here already—he's never late.

• hljóta slæma útreið (“to get a bashing, to get clobbered”)
• hljótast (reflexive)
• hljótast af einhverju (“to be caused by something”)

• hlutur

• koma í hlut

From Proto-Germanic *hleutaną, whence also Old English hlēotan, Old Saxon hliotan, Old High German hliozan.

hljóta

1. to get by lot, have allotted to oneself

• hlaut (“augury; sacrifical blood”)
• hljótr (“recipient”)
• hlutr (“lot; thing”)

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hljóta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 203; also available at the Internet Archive