nauðungarmaðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From nauðung (“constraint”) +‎ maðr (“man, person”).

Noun

nauðungarmaðr m

  1. someone that is under another person's thumb

Declension

Declension of nauðungarmaðr (strong consonant stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nauðungarmaðr nauðungarmaðrinn nauðungarmenn nauðungarmenninir
accusative nauðungarmann nauðungarmanninn nauðungarmenn nauðungarmennina
dative nauðungarmanni nauðungarmanninum nauðungarmǫnnum nauðungarmǫnnunum
genitive nauðungarmanns nauðungarmannsins nauðungarmanna nauðungarmannanna

Further reading

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