sǿtr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus. Cognate with Old English swēte, Old Saxon swōti, Old Frisian swēte, Dutch suoti, Old High German suozi.

Adjective

sǿtr (comparative sǿtari, superlative sǿtastr)

  1. sweet

Declension

Strong declension of sǿtr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sǿtr sǿt sǿtt
accusative sǿtan sǿta sǿtt
dative sǿtum sǿtri sǿtu
genitive sǿts sǿtrar sǿts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative sǿtir sǿtar sǿt
accusative sǿta sǿtar sǿt
dative sǿtum sǿtum sǿtum
genitive sǿtra sǿtra sǿtra
Weak declension of sǿtr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sǿti sǿta sǿta
accusative sǿta sǿtu sǿta
dative sǿta sǿtu sǿta
genitive sǿta sǿtu sǿta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative sǿtu sǿtu sǿtu
accusative sǿtu sǿtu sǿtu
dative sǿtum sǿtum sǿtum
genitive sǿtu sǿtu sǿtu
Declension of comparative of sǿtr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sǿtari sǿtari sǿtara
accusative sǿtara sǿtari sǿtara
dative sǿtara sǿtari sǿtara
genitive sǿtara sǿtari sǿtara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative sǿtari sǿtari sǿtari
accusative sǿtari sǿtari sǿtari
dative sǿturum sǿturum sǿturum
genitive sǿtari sǿtari sǿtari
Strong declension of superlative of sǿtr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sǿtastr sǿtust sǿtast
accusative sǿtastan sǿtasta sǿtast
dative sǿtustum sǿtastri sǿtustu
genitive sǿtasts sǿtastrar sǿtasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative sǿtastir sǿtastar sǿtust
accusative sǿtasta sǿtastar sǿtust
dative sǿtustum sǿtustum sǿtustum
genitive sǿtastra sǿtastra sǿtastra
Weak declension of superlative of sǿtr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sǿtasti sǿtasta sǿtasta
accusative sǿtasta sǿtustu sǿtasta
dative sǿtasta sǿtustu sǿtasta
genitive sǿtasta sǿtustu sǿtasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative sǿtustu sǿtustu sǿtustu
accusative sǿtustu sǿtustu sǿtustu
dative sǿtustum sǿtustum sǿtustum
genitive sǿtustu sǿtustu sǿtustu

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sætur
  • Faroese: søtur
  • Norn: søt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: søt
  • Elfdalian: syöt
  • Old Swedish: sø̄ter, söter
  • Old Danish: sø̄t, sødh
    • Danish: sød
      • Norwegian Bokmål: søt
    • Scanian: sǿder
  • Old Gutnish: *sýtr
    • Gutnish: söitar