gǫltr

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *galtô, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to cut”).[1]

Noun

gǫltr m (genitive galtar, dative gelti, plural geltir)

  1. (castrated) boar[2]
  2. hog

Declension

  Declension of gǫltr (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gǫltr gǫltrinn geltir geltirnir
accusative gǫlt gǫltinn gǫltu gǫltuna
dative gelti geltinum gǫltum gǫltunum
genitive galtar galtarins galta galtanna

Descendants

  • Danish: galt
  • Faroese: gøltur, galtur, galti
  • Icelandic: göltur
  • Norwegian: galte
  • Swedish: galt

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “434”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 434
  2. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2014) Altnordisches Wörterbuch, (4. Auflage)
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