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dóttir

nafnorðkvenkyn
, dóttur, dœtr, later dætr or dætur; dætra, dætrum; the keeps a single t throughout in the , whereas and have döttre; dættr also occurs in B. (a Norse ), and at least once or twice in poetry, the rhyme, Ægis dættr ok tættu, ( ) i. 324; and Hlés dættr, 198: [ θυγάτηρ; dauhtar; dohtor; daughter; dotter; datter; tohtar; tochter; the Greek has a short υ, and the has au, answering to ο; the diphthongal ó and the double t in the is only caused by the suppression of the middle consonant gh]:—a daughter; hann átti dóttur eina er Unnr hét, 1; Þóra dóttir Sigurðar Orms í auga; Þorgerðr dóttir Þorsteins ens Rauða, 2; Höskuldr átti sér dóttur er Hallgerðr hét, id.; er illt at eiga dáðlausa sonu, ok víst ætla ek yðr til þess betr felda at þér værit dætr föðurs yðvars ok værit giptar, 236; gott skaplyndi hefðit þér þá fengit, ef þér værit dætr einhvers bónda, 216; nú veit ek at þú ert d. en ekki sonr, er þú þorir eigi at verja frændr þína, 43. If suffixed to a name, -dóttir denotes a woman, -son a man, Þorsteinn Egils-son, but his sister Þorgerðr Egils-dóttir; Halldórr Ólafs-son, but Halldóra Ólafs-dóttir, vide the Index of Names to , the Sagas, : this custom, in early times common to all people, is still in almost exclusive use in , where a lady keeps her name all her life, whether married or not: einga-dóttir, only daughter; sonar-dóttir, son’s daughter; dóttur-dóttir, a daughter’s daughter, a granddaughter, i. 171; dóttur-maðr, a son-in-law, eidam, ix. 240, i. 175: the waves are called Ránar-dætr, Hlés-dætr, Ægis-dætr, the daughters of Ran, , : the Earth is daughter of Onar, and, on the mother’s side, of Night, ; the Sun is daughter of Mundil-fari, 7.
2. Dótta is a name in Denmark, akin to daughter, vi.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • dat.þágufall (e. dative)
  • acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
  • plur.fleirtala (e. plural)
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  • Swed.Swedish.
  • Dan.Danish.
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  • cp.compare.
  • Ed.edition, editions, edited.
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  • Engl.English.
  • O. H. G.Old High German.
  • Germ.German.
  • Goth.Gothic.
  • Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
  • e. g.exempli gratia.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • Teut.Teutonic.
  • poët.poetically.
  • fem.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • pr.proper, properly.
  • prob.probably.
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