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-óttr

-óttr

Old Norse

Suffix

-óttr

  1. suffix used to create adjectives, meaning more or less the same as -igr and -ugr
    frekna (freckle) + -óttrfreknóttr (freckly, freckled, having freckles)

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • Swedish: -ad, -t
  • Westrobothnian: -útt

References

  1. Ragnvald Iversen, Norrøn grammatikk, sjette rev. utgave 1961; page 210