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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *eutaz.
Noun
jótar m pl
- Jutes
- 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 5:
[…] þás árgjǫrn / Jóta dolgi
Svía kind / of sóa skyldi.- Then, when the harvest-eager / kin of the Swedes
had to sacrifice / the enemy of the Jutes.
Declension
Declension of jótar, (strong a-stem, plural only)
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