jótar

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *eutaz.

Noun

jótar m pl

  1. 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

Descendants

  • Icelandic: Jóti
  • Faroese: júti
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jute
  • Old Danish: iutæ
    • Danish: jyde
      • Norwegian Bokmål: jyde
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: jyde
  • Old Swedish: iūte

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