hildr

See also: Hildr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hildiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hildər], [hildr̩]

Noun

hildr f (genitive hildar, dative hildi, plural hildar)

1. battle
   • verse 155 of the Hávamál (1908 translation by Olive Bray)

     und randir ek gel / en þeir með ríki fara / heilir hildar til / heilir hildi frá / koma þeir heilir hvaðan

     I sing 'neath the shields, / and they fare forth mightily / safe into battle, / safe out of battle, / and safe return from the strife.

Declension

  Declension of hildr (strong ijō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hildr	hildrin	hildir	hildirnar
accusative	hildi	hildina	hildir	hildirnar
dative	hildi	hildinni	hildum	hildunum
genitive	hildar	hildarinnar	hilda	hildanna

References

• “hildr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press