vott

vott

1. indefinite accusative singular of vottur

From regional Danish vott used by Norwegian authors, borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk vott, from Old Norse vǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).

• IPA^(key): /vot/, [ʋɔt]
• Homophone: vått

vott m (definite singular votten, indefinite plural votter, definite plural vottene)

1. a mitten (glove with a separate sheath for the thumb only)

• hanske
• vante

• hanske

“vott” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• vott’e, vøtt, vætt, vett (dialectal)

From Old Norse vǫttr, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”). Cognate of Faroese vøttur, Icelandic vöttur, and Swedish and Danish vante (> Norwegian Bokmål vante, whence the borrowing vante). In Norwegian attested since 17th century, by Christen Jensøn spelled as Vaat, and by David Klim as Vott. Also attested in 1780 as Vaate by Jacob Nicolai Wilse.

• IPA^(key): /votː/

vott m (definite singular votten, indefinite plural vottar, definite plural vottane)

1. a mitten (glove with a separate sheath for the thumb only)

• vante

• hanske

• “vott” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “vott” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
• J.N. Wilse (1780) Norſk Ordbog eller Samling af norſke Ord, i ſær de ſom bruges i Egnen af Spydeberg (in Danish)
• Torleiv Hannaas (1915) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 91
• Torleiv Hannaas (1911) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Ordsamling fraa Robyggjelaget (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 66