Noun: sótt
Gender: f
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | sótt |
| Sg. Def. | sóttin |
| Pl. Indef. | sóttir |
| Pl. Def. | sóttirnar |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | sóttar |
| Sg. Def. | sóttarinnar |
| Pl. Indef. | sótta |
| Pl. Def. | sóttanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | sótt |
| Sg. Def. | sóttinni |
| Pl. Indef. | sóttum |
| Pl. Def. | sóttunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | sótt |
| Sg. Def. | sóttina |
| Pl. Indef. | sóttir |
| Pl. Def. | sóttirnar |
Sample Sentences
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Hugr einn þat veit,
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er býr hjarta nær,
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einn er hann sér of sefa;
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ǫng er sótt verri
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hveim snotrum manni (The mind alone knows what is near the heart,
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Each is his own judge:
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The worst sickness for a wise man
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Is to crave what he cannot enjoy.) [Hávamál 95 (tr. W. H. Auden and P. B. Taylor)]
Nouns inflected like sótt
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 *suhtiz, from *seukaną (“to be sick”) + *-þiz.
Verbs referencing "sótt"
Danish Nouns
sot, German Nouns
Sucht, Faroese Nouns
sótt, Icelandic Nouns
sótt, Old English Nouns
suht, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
sott, Swedish Nouns
lungsot.
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