horkarl

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Old Danish horkarl, equivalent to hor (“illicit sex”) +‎ karl (“man”).

Noun

horkarl c (singular definite horkarlen, plural indefinite horkarle)

  1. adulterer
  2. lecher

Inflection

Declension of horkarl
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative horkarl horkarlen horkarle horkarlene
genitive horkarls horkarlens horkarles horkarlenes

Synonyms

Old Danish

Etymology

From hor +‎ karl.

Noun

horkarl m

  1. man who has sex with another man's wife
    • 13th century, Scanian Law, §215.
      hittær man annær man i siangu mæþ aþulkunu sinni . ok drepær bondæn horkarl i siangu ...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 13th century, Scanian Law, §216.
      far horkarl sar innæn siangu mæþ annærs manz kunu ...
      if a man who has sex with another man's wife gets wounds in bed with another man's wife

Descendants

  • Danish: horkarl

Swedish

Etymology

hor (“adultery, fornication”) +‎ karl (“man”)

Noun

horkarl c

  1. (dated) an adulterer, a fornicator (man who commits adultery or has sex outside marriage, a sexually immoral man)

Declension

Declension of horkarl
nominative genitive
singular indefinite horkarl horkarls
definite horkarlen horkarlens
plural indefinite horkarlar horkarlars
definite horkarlarna horkarlarnas

References

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