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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *taitaz (“serene, tender”). Cognate with Old English tāt, Old Saxon tēt, Old High German zeiz.
Adjective
teitr (comparative teitari, superlative teitastr)
- glad, cheerful, merry
- Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 1-2, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 2:
Tefldu í túni, / teitir váru […]- They played at tables in the court, / merry were they
Declension
Strong declension of teitr
Declension of comparative of teitr
Strong declension of superlative of teitr
Weak declension of superlative of teitr
Descendants
References
- “teitr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press