fangvina

Old Norse

Etymology

fang (“wrestling, grappling”) +‎ vina (“female friend”)

Noun

fangvina f (genitive fangvinu, plural fangvina)

  1. (wrestling) a female wrestling opponent; one with which one grapples

Declension

Declension of fangvina (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fangvina fangvinan fangvinur fangvinurnar
accusative fangvinu fangvinuna fangvinur fangvinurnar
dative fangvinu fangvinunni fangvinum fangvinunum
genitive fangvinu fangvinunnar fangvinna fangvinnanna

Coordinate terms

  • fangvinr m (“male wrestling opponent”)

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “fangvina”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press
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