teitr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taitaz (serene, tender). Cognate with Old English tāt, Old Saxon tēt, Old High German zeiz.

Adjective

teitr (comparative teitari, superlative teitastr)

  1. glad, cheerful, merry
    • Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 1-2, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 2:
      Tefldu í túni, / teitir váru []
      They played at tables in the court, / merry were they []

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: teitur
  • Faroese: teitur
  • Middle English: tayt, teyte

References

  • teitr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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