riddari
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse riddari, from Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɹɪtːaɹɪ]
Noun
riddari m (genitive singular riddara, plural riddarar)
Declension
| m1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | riddari | riddarin | riddarar | riddararnir |
| accusative | riddara | riddaran | riddarar | riddararnar |
| dative | riddara | riddaranum | riddarum | riddarunum |
| genitive | riddara | riddarans | riddara | riddaranna |
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse riddari, from Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɪtːarɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɪtːarɪ
Noun
riddari m (genitive singular riddara, nominative plural riddarar)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | riddari | riddarinn | riddarar | riddararnir |
| accusative | riddara | riddarann | riddara | riddarana |
| dative | riddara | riddaranum | riddurum | riddurunum |
| genitive | riddara | riddarans | riddara | riddaranna |
See also
| Chess pieces in Icelandic · taflmennirnir (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kóngur | drottning | hrókur | biskup | riddari | peð |
Further reading
- “riddari” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”), displacing earlier Old Norse *riði.
Noun
riddari m (genitive riddara, plural riddarar)
Declension
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | riddari | riddarinn | riddarar | riddararnir |
| accusative | riddara | riddarann | riddara | riddarana |
| dative | riddara | riddaranum | riddurum | riddurunum |
| genitive | riddara | riddarans | riddara | riddaranna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: riddari
- Faroese: riddari
- Norwegian Nynorsk: riddar
- Norwegian: (dialectal) riddari
- Swedish: riddare
- Danish: ridder
- Norwegian Bokmål: ridder
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “riddari”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive