fáganarmaðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From fágan (“worship”) +‎ maðr (“man, person”). The first part being from fága (“to adorn, cultivate, worship”).

Noun

fáganarmaðr m (genitive fáganarmanns, plural fáganarmenn)

  1. worshipper

Declension

Declension of fáganarmaðr (strong consonant stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fáganarmaðr fáganarmaðrinn fáganarmenn fáganarmenninir
accusative fáganarmann fáganarmanninn fáganarmenn fáganarmennina
dative fáganarmanni fáganarmanninum fáganarmǫnnum fáganarmǫnnunum
genitive fáganarmanns fáganarmannsins fáganarmanna fáganarmannanna

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fáganarmaðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 131; also available at the Internet Archive
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