hvǫt

== Old Norse == === Alternative forms === hvꜹt, hvot === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hwatō; compare hvatr (“active”) and hvetja (“to whet, encourage”). Cognate with Old English hwatu (“omen”). === Noun === hvǫt f (genitive hvatar) incitement, encouragement (poetic) boldness, alacrity ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: hvöt === Further reading === Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “hvöt”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press “hvǫt” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen