jórsalafari

Old Norse

Etymology

From Jórsalir (“Jerusalem”) +‎ fari (“farer”).

Noun

jórsalafari m

  1. Jerusalem traveller; someone who has been to Jerusalem

Declension

Declension of jórsalafari (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative jórsalafari jórsalafarinn jórsalafarar jórsalafararnir
accusative jórsalafara jórsalafarann jórsalafara jórsalafarana
dative jórsalafara jórsalafaranum jórsalafǫrum jórsalafǫrunum
genitive jórsalafara jórsalafarans jórsalafara jórsalafaranna

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jorsalfar, jorsalfare

See also

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “jórsalafari”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 234; also available at the Internet Archive
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