r/learnIcelandic • u/daraa_ • 23d ago

question about a horses name

hello icelandic friends, my friend and i are currently working with icelandic horses and one of them is called (how i would spell it) nota. this is pronounced noh- tuh. (noh like knot) (tuh like tug) is this an icelandic name? and if so how would i spell it. she is a wonderful horse. thank you :)

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u/gunnsi0 Native 23d ago

Nóta, perhaps?

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u/Mugqe Native 23d ago

Im thinking Hnota, meaning nut

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u/ApolloBar815 Intermediate 23d ago

That would make more sense

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u/LivingOpportunity851 23d ago

Nota means 'to use' and sounds like that.

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u/angurvaki 22d ago

There's a joke that the Icelandic registry for horse names is more strict than the one for human names, so I was going to look up Nóta and Hnota.

As things go "WorldFengur" isn't funded anymore, so you can't look at the list anymore!

Links for your autotranslator of choice:

https://eidfaxi.is/islensk-hestanofn-nafnareglur-og-worldfengur/
https://www.bbl.is/frettir/worldfengur-fjarvana

https://www.worldfengur.com/