ýtar

Old Norse

Etymology

Compare Old English cognate Ȳte (“Jutes”) from Proto-Germanic *eutiz, a variant of *eutaz. Compare jótar.

Noun

ýtar m pl

  1. (poetic, heiti) men, people
    • c. 1200, anonymous author, Sólarljóð, verse 33:
      Frá því er at segja, / hvé sæll ek var
      ynðisheimi í;
      ok inu öðru, / hvé ýta synir
      verða nauðgir at náum.
      Thence should be told / how happy I was
      in the world of pleasure;
      and the other, / how the sons of men
      are forced to become corpses.

Declension
  Declension of ýtar, (strong a-stem, plural only)
masculine plural
indefinite definite
nominative ýtar ýtarnir
accusative ýta ýtana
dative ýtum ýtunum
genitive ýta ýtanna
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