hólmganga
See also: holmganga
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse hólmganga (whence also Swedish holmgång), from hólmi (“islet, holm”) or hólmur (“islet, holm”) and ganga (“walk”) (from the verb ganga (“to walk”)); literally meaning "walk on an islet" or "island walk".
Compare skora á hólm (“challenge to a duel”) and fara með sigur af hólmi (“to triumph”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithólmganga f (genitive singular hólmgöngu, nominative plural hólmgöngur)
Declension
editdeclension of hólmganga
f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hólmganga | hólmgangan | hólmgöngur | hólmgöngurnar |
accusative | hólmgöngu | hólmgönguna | hólmgöngur | hólmgöngurnar |
dative | hólmgöngu | hólmgöngunni | hólmgöngum | hólmgöngunum |
genitive | hólmgöngu | hólmgöngunnar | hólmgangna | hólmgangnanna |
Synonyms
edit- (duel): einvígi