Old Norse

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Etymology

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From byrgi (enclosure) +‎ kona (woman, wife).

Noun

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byrgiskona f (genitive byrgiskonu)

  1. a concubine

Declension

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References

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