nautr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ganautaz. Cognate with Old English ġenēat.

Noun

nautr m (genitive nauts, plural nautar)

  1. A mate, fellow.
  2. A donor, giver.
  3. A gift.

Declension
  Declension of nautr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nautr nautrinn nautar nautarnir
accusative naut nautinn nauta nautana
dative nauti nautinum nautum nautunum
genitive nauts nautsins nauta nautanna

Derived terms
  • fǫrunautr (“travelling companion”)

Descendants
  • Icelandic: nautur
  • Old Swedish: nø̄ter
  • Old Gutnish: nautr

References
  • “nautr” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874), p. 447.
  • “nautr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 309.
  • “nautr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
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