stríðsmaðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From stríð +‎ maðr.

Noun

stríðsmaðr m (genitive stríðsmanns, plural stríðsmenn)

  1. fighter, warrior

Declension

Declension of stríðsmaðr (strong consonant stem, s-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stríðsmaðr stríðsmaðrinn stríðsmenn stríðsmenninir
accusative stríðsmann stríðsmanninn stríðsmenn stríðsmennina
dative stríðsmanni stríðsmanninum stríðsmǫnnum stríðsmǫnnunum
genitive stríðsmanns stríðsmannsins stríðsmanna stríðsmannanna

Descendants

  • Faroese: stríðsmaður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stridsmann
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stridsmann

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “stríðsmaðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 413; also available at the Internet Archive
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