-óttr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *-uhtaʀ[1] from Proto-Germanic *-uhtaz.

Suffix

-óttr

suffix used to create adjectives, meaning more or less the same as -igr and -ugr
‎frekna (“freckle”) + ‎-óttr → ‎freknóttr (“freckly, freckled, having freckles”)

Derived terms

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glófoxóttr
grábildóttr
hornóttr
leiróttr
rauðdropóttr
svartblesóttr
vikóttr

Descendants

Danish: -et
Faroese: -utur
Icelandic: -óttur

Norwegian (Nynorsk): -ete, -t
Norwegian (Bokmål): -et, -ete, -t

Swedish: -ad, -t
Westrobothnian: -ut, -øt, -at

References

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

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