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horkarl

Danish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Old Danish horkarl, equivalent to hor (“illicit sex”) +‎ karl (“man”).

Noun

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horkarl c (singular definite horkarlen, plural indefinite horkarle)

  1. adulterer
  2. lecher

Inflection

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Declension of horkarl
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative horkarl horkarlen horkarle horkarlene
genitive horkarls horkarlens horkarles horkarlenes

Synonyms

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Old Danish

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Etymology

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From hor +‎ karl.

Noun

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horkarl m

  1. man who has sex with another man's wife
    • 13th century, Scanian Law, §215.
      hittær man annær man i siangu mæþ aþulkunu sinni . ok drepær bondæn horkarl i siangu ...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 13th century, Scanian Law, §216.
      far horkarl sar innæn siangu mæþ annærs manz kunu ...
      if a man who has sex with another man's wife gets wounds in bed with another man's wife

Descendants

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  • Danish: horkarl

Swedish

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Etymology

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hor (“adultery, fornication”) +‎ karl (“man”)

Noun

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horkarl c

  1. (dated) an adulterer, a fornicator (man who commits adultery or has sex outside marriage, a sexually immoral man)

Declension

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Declension of horkarl 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative horkarl horkarlen horkarlar horkarlarna
Genitive horkarls horkarlens horkarlars horkarlarnas

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