nauðmaðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From nauð (“need”) +‎ maðr (“man, person”).

Noun

nauðmaðr m

  1. husband

Declension

Declension of nauðmaðr (strong consonant stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nauðmaðr nauðmaðrinn nauðmenn nauðmenninir
accusative nauðmann nauðmanninn nauðmenn nauðmennina
dative nauðmanni nauðmanninum nauðmǫnnum nauðmǫnnunum
genitive nauðmanns nauðmannsins nauðmanna nauðmannanna

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “nauðmaðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 308; also available at the Internet Archive
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