skuggabaldur

Icelandic

Etymology

From skugga (“of shadows”, genitive of skuggi (“a shadow”)) +‎ Baldur (“a male given name”).

Noun

skuggabaldur m (genitive singular skuggabaldurs, nominative plural skuggabaldrar)

  1. (mythology) a creature from Icelandic folk belief who is the offspring of a tomcat (a male cat) and a vixen (female fox) or a bitch (female dog)
  2. an evil spirit
  3. an evildoer who anonymously commits outrages or evil deeds; a sneak

Declension

Declension of skuggabaldur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skuggabaldur skuggabaldurinn skuggabaldrar skuggabaldrarnir
accusative skuggabaldur skuggabaldurinn skuggabaldra skuggabaldrana
dative skuggabaldri skuggabaldrinum skuggaböldrum skuggaböldrunum
genitive skuggabaldurs skuggabaldursins skuggabaldra skuggabaldranna

See also

  • illur andi
  • myrkramaður
  • læðupoki
  • skoffín
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