gátt – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of gátt

Noun: gátt
Gender: f

Nominative

Sg. Indef.gátt
Sg. Def.gáttin
Pl. Indef.gáttir
Pl. Def.gáttirnar

Genitive

Sg. Indef.gáttar
Sg. Def.gáttarinnar
Pl. Indef.gátta
Pl. Def.gáttanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.gátt
Sg. Def.gáttinni
Pl. Indef.gáttum
Pl. Def.gáttunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.gátt
Sg. Def.gáttina
Pl. Indef.gáttir
Pl. Def.gáttirnar

Sample Sentences

  • Gáttir allar, · áðr gangi fram, / um skoðask skyli, / um skyggnask skyli, / því at óvíst er at vita, · hvar óvinir / sitja á fleti fyrir. ([At] all doorways, / ere one goes forth, / one should spy, / one should be keen, / for it's unsure to know, / where foes / sit on the floor within.) [Hávamál, stanza 1]

Nouns inflected like gátt

jórsalaferð, þjónkan, auralykt, ón, ásjón, þurft, deyfð, drótt, fjǫld, feigð, fylgð, grein, burst, hlust, hrygð, hvíld, hátíð, átt, ást, ætt, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ganhtiz (“the act of going”).

Verbs referencing "gátt"

Icelandic Nouns gátt.

Translations