jótar

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *eutaz.

Noun

jótar m pl

  1. Jutes
    • 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 5:
      […] þás árgjǫrn / Jóta dolgi
      Svía kind / of sóa skyldi.
      […] Then, when the harvest-eager / kin of the Swedes
      had to sacrifice / the enemy of the Jutes.

Declension

Declension of jótar (strong a-stem, plural only)
masculine plural
indefinite definite
nominative jótar jótarnir
accusative jóta jótana
dative jótum jótunum
genitive jóta jótanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: Jóti
  • Faroese: júti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jute
  • Old Danish: iutæ
    • Danish: jyde
      • Norwegian Bokmål: jyde
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: jyde
  • Old Swedish: iūte

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “jótar”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 234; also available at the Internet Archive
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