horkarl
Danish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editOld Danish horkarl, equivalent to hor (“illicit sex”) + karl (“man”).
Noun
edithorkarl c (singular definite horkarlen, plural indefinite horkarle)
Inflection
editDeclension of horkarl
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | horkarl | horkarlen | horkarle | horkarlene |
genitive | horkarls | horkarlens | horkarles | horkarlenes |
Synonyms
edit- (adulterer): ægteskabsbryder
- (lecher): horebuk
Old Danish
editEtymology
editNoun
edithorkarl m
- 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
- 13th century, Scanian Law, §215.
Descendants
edit- Danish: horkarl
Swedish
editEtymology
edithor (“adultery, fornication”) + karl (“man”)
Noun
edithorkarl c
- (dated) an adulterer, a fornicator (man who commits adultery or has sex outside marriage, a sexually immoral man)
Declension
editDeclension of horkarl | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | horkarl | horkarlen | horkarlar | horkarlarna |
Genitive | horkarls | horkarlens | horkarlars | horkarlarnas |
References
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