háttur

From Old Norse háttr, from Proto-Germanic *hahtuz.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɔʰtːʊɹ]

háttur m (genitive singular háttar, plural hættir or háttir)

1. way, manner

   á hesin hátt ― in this manner

   á mangan hátt ― in many manners

   á ongan hátt ― in no way

2. (grammar) mood

From Old Norse háttr, from Proto-Germanic *hahtuz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhauhtʏr/

  Rhymes: -auhtʏr

háttur m (genitive singular háttar, nominative plural hættir)

1. habit, wont, custom

   Synonym: venja

2. a kind, a type

   Synonym: gerð

3. way, manner

   Synonym: máti

4. as part of an idiom:

   fara í háttinn ― to go to bed

5. (grammar) mood
6. (prosody, poetry) meter / metre
7. (logic) mode, modality; (the classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity)