hrjóta

• IPA^(key): /ˈr̥jouːta/

  Rhymes: -ouːta

From Old Norse hrjóta, related to Old English hrūtan (“snore”), Old High German rūzzan (“snore”). Perhaps related to Ancient Greek κόρυζα (kóruza).

hrjóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hraut, third-person plural past indicative hrutu, supine hrotið)

1. to snore

• hrot
• hrota
• hrytur

From Old Norse hrjóta, from Proto-Germanic *hreutaną, perhaps related to Middle Low German rūzen. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *kreu-, as hrjóða, hrjósa and hrynja.

hrjóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hraut, third-person plural past indicative hrutu, supine hrotið)

1. to fly, be hurled (in a passive sense, as e.g. of objects flying around)

• hreyta
• hrot
• hrotna
• hrytja

From Proto-Germanic *hreutaną.

hrjóta (singular past indicative hraut, plural past indicative hrutu, past participle hrotinn)

1. to fall, fly, be flung

   hraut upp hurðin

   the door was flung open

   eldr hraut ór hlunnunum

   fire sprang from the rollers

   hrjóta spœnirnir upp í móti honum

   the chips flew up into his face

2. to snore

   hann svaf ok hraut sterkliga

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• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hrjóta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 211; also available at the Internet Archive