Hötuðr

Old Norse Dictionary - hötuðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "hötuðr" (or hǫtuðr) in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hötuðr (hǫtuðr): m. [hata], a hater, Lex. Poët.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hötuðr may be more accurately written as hǫtuðr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛏᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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