horkarl
Danish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Old Danish horkarl, equivalent to hor (“illicit sex”) + karl (“man”).
Noun edit
horkarl c (singular definite horkarlen, plural indefinite horkarle)
Inflection edit
Declension of horkarl
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | horkarl | horkarlen | horkarle | horkarlene |
| genitive | horkarls | horkarlens | horkarles | horkarlenes |
Synonyms edit
- (adulterer): ægteskabsbryder
- (lecher): horebuk
Old Danish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
horkarl 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 edit
Etymology edit
hor (“adultery, fornication”) + karl (“man”)
Noun edit
horkarl c
- (dated) an adulterer, a fornicator (man who commits adultery or has sex outside marriage, a sexually immoral man)
Declension edit
| Declension of horkarl | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | horkarl | horkarlen | horkarlar | horkarlarna |
| Genitive | horkarls | horkarlens | horkarlars | horkarlarnas |