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Old Norse
Etymology
Compare Old English cognate Ȳte (“Jutes”) from Proto-Germanic *eutiz, a variant of *eutaz. Compare jótar.
Noun
ýtar m pl
- (poetic, heiti) men, people
c. 1200, anonymous author, Sólarljóð, verse 33:Frá því er at segja, / hvé sæll ek var
ynðisheimi í;
ok inu öðru, / hvé ýta synir
verða nauðgir at náum.- Thence should be told / how happy I was
in the world of pleasure;
and the other, / how the sons of men
are forced to become corpses.
Declension