byrgiskona

Old Norse

Etymology

From byrgi (“enclosure”) +‎ kona (“woman, wife”).

Noun

byrgiskona f (genitive byrgiskonu)

  1. a concubine

Declension

Declension of byrgiskona (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative byrgiskona byrgiskonan byrgiskonur byrgiskonurnar
accusative byrgiskonu byrgiskonuna byrgiskonur byrgiskonurnar
dative byrgiskonu byrgiskonunni byrgiskonum byrgiskonunum
genitive byrgiskonu byrgiskonunnar byrgiskvenna byrgiskvennanna

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Further reading

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