Dóttir
Old Norse Dictionary - dóttir
Meaning of Old Norse word "dóttir"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word dóttir can mean:dóttir
- dóttir
- f., gen. dat. acc. dóttur, plur. dœtr, later dætr or dætur; gen. dætra, dat. dætrum; the Icel. keeps a single t throughout in the plur., whereas Swed. and Dan. have döttre; dættr also occurs in SkS. B. (a Norse MS.), and at least once or twice in poetry, cp. the rhyme, Ægis dættr ok tættu, Edda (Ed. A. m.) i. 324; and Hlés dættr, Skálda 198: [Gr. θυγάτηρ; Ulf. dauhtar; A. S. dohtor; Engl. daughter; Swed. dotter; Dan. datter; O. H. G. tohtar; Germ. tochter; the Greek has a short υ, and the Goth. has au, answering to Gr. ο; the diphthongal ó and the double t in the Scandin. is only caused by the suppression of the middle consonant gh]:—a daughter; hann átti dóttur eina er Unnr hét, Nj. 1; Þóra dóttir Sigurðar Orms í auga; Þorgerðr dóttir Þorsteins ens Rauða, 2; Höskuldr átti sér dóttur er Hallgerðr hét, id.; er illt at eiga dáðlausa sonu, ok víst ætla ek yðr til þess betr felda at þér værit dætr föðurs yðvars ok værit giptar, Ld. 236; gott skaplyndi hefðit þér þá fengit, ef þér værit dætr einhvers bónda, 216; nú veit ek at þú ert d. en ekki sonr, er þú þorir eigi at verja frændr þína, Háv. 43. If suffixed to a name, -dóttir denotes a woman, -son a man, e. g. Þorsteinn Egils-son, but his sister Þorgerðr Egils-dóttir; Halldórr Ólafs-son, but Halldóra Ólafs-dóttir, vide the Index of Names to Landn., the Sagas, etc.: this custom, in early times common to all Teut. people, is still in almost exclusive use in Icel., where a lady keeps her name all her life, whether married or not: einga-dóttir, only daughter; sonar-dóttir, son’s daughter; dóttur-dóttir, a daughter’s daughter, a granddaughter, Grág. i. 171; dóttur-maðr, a son-in-law, Germ. eidam, FmS. ix. 240, Grág. i. 175: the waves are poët. called Ránar-dætr, Hlés-dætr, Ægis-dætr, the daughters of Ran, etc., Edda: the Earth is daughter of Onar, and, on the mother’s side, of Night, Edda; the Sun is daughter of Mundil-fari, 7.
- dóttir
- 2. Dótta is a fem. pr. name in Denmark, prob. akin to daughter, FmS. vi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᛏᛏᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- plur.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- fem.
- feminine.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- prob.
- probably.
Works & Authors cited:
- A. M.
- Arna-Magnacanus.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Háv.
- Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)