trékǫttr

Old Norse

Etymology

tré- (wooden-) +‎ kǫttr (cat)

Noun

trékǫttr m (genitive trékattar, plural trékettir)

  1. mousetrap
    Synonym: fjalakǫttr

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tréköttr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 442; also available at the Internet Archive
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