bragarmál
Old Norse
editEtymology
editCompound of bragr (“poetic praise”) + mál (“speech, language”)
Noun
editbragarmál n
- poetical diction
- (poetry) a contraction of a short unstressed word; for instance varð ek > varð’k ‘I became’, þá es > þá’s ‘at the time when’
Declension
edit Declension of bragarmál (strong a-stem)
neuter | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bragarmál | bragarmálit | bragarmǫ́l | bragarmǫ́lin |
accusative | bragarmál | bragarmálit | bragarmǫ́l | bragarmǫ́lin |
dative | bragarmáli | bragarmálinu | bragarmǫ́lum | bragarmǫ́lunum |
genitive | bragarmáls | bragarmálsins | bragarmála | bragarmálanna |