vǫttr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • vǫntr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wantuz.

Noun

vǫttr m (genitive vattar, dative vetti, plural vettir)

  1. glove, mitten

Declension

Declension of vǫttr (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vǫttr vǫttrinn vettir vettirnir
accusative vǫtt vǫttinn vǫttu vǫttuna
dative vetti vettinum vǫttum vǫttunum
genitive vattar vattarins vatta vattanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: vöttur
  • Faroese: vøttur
  • Norwegian: vott; (dialectal) vott’e, vøtt
    • → Danish: vott (used by Norwegian authors)
      • Norwegian Bokmål: vott
  • Jamtish: vott
  • Elfdalian: uott
  • Old Swedish: wante, vanter, vatter
  • Danish: vante
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vante
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: vante
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