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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hluttjō, from Proto-Germanic *hlutjô.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈxlyt.tɑ/,
Noun
hlytta m
- agent noun of hlēotan
- lot-caster; diviner
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Fiaminius sē consul forsēah þā sæġene þe þā hlyttan him sædon...- The consul Flaminius rejected the predictions that the diviners had told him...
- sharer, participator
Declension
Weak:
Derived terms
- efnhlytta (“consort, companion”) (formed from sense 1.2)
- tānhlyta (“one who divines by the casting of twigs”) (formed from sense 1.1)