háttur

Icelandic

/ˈhauhtʏr/

noun
Definitions
  • habit, wont, custom
  • a kind, a type
  • way, manner
  • (grammar) mood
  • (prosody) meter / metre
  • (logic) mode, modality; the classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse háttr derived from Proto-Germanic *hahtuz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*hahtuz

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