baðkona

Old Norse

Etymology

From bað +‎ kona.

Noun

baðkona f

  1. female bathing attendant

Declension

Declension of baðkona (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative baðkonaa baðkonaan baðkonaur baðkonaurnar
accusative baðkonau baðkonauna baðkonaur baðkonaurnar
dative baðkonau baðkonaunni baðkonaum baðkonaunum
genitive baðkonau baðkonaunnar baðkvenna baðkvennanna

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “baðkona”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 40; also available at the Internet Archive