fangvinr

Old Norse

Etymology

fang (“wrestling, grappling”) +‎ vinr (“friend”)

Noun

fangvinr m (genitive fangvinar, plural fangvinir)

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

Declension

Declension of fangvinr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fangvinr fangvinrinn fangvinir fangvinirnir
accusative fangvin fangvininn fangvini fangvinina
dative fangvin fangvininum fangvinum fangvinunum
genitive fangvinar fangvinarins fangvina fangvinanna

Coordinate terms

  • fangvina f (“female wrestling opponent”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fangvinur

Further reading

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