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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ganautaz. Cognate with Old English ġenēat.
Noun
nautr m (genitive nauts, plural nautar)
- A mate, fellow.
- A donor, giver.
- A gift.
Declension
Declension of nautr (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “nautr” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874), p. 447.
- “nautr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 309.
- “nautr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen