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Old Norse
Etymology
hrossakjǫt (“horsemeat”) + át (“the act of eating, food”)
Noun
hrossakjǫtsát n
- the eating of horsemeat
- c. 1130, Ari Þorgilsson, Íslendingabók
Þá vas þat mælt í lǫgum, at allir menn skyldi kristnir vesa ok skírn taka, þeir es áðr váru óskírðir á landi hér; en of barnaútburð skyldu standa en fornu lǫg ok of hrossakjǫtsát.- Then it was said in the law, that all men should be Christian and take baptism, those who were earlier unbaptized in this land; but of the exposure of children the old law would stand, likewise of the eating of horsemeat.
Declension
Declension of hrossakjǫtsát (strong a-stem)