kerling
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈcʰɛrtliŋk/ (more formal, used especially in senses 1 and 2)
- IPA(key): /ˈcʰɛtliŋk/
- Rhymes: -ɛtliŋk
Noun edit
kerling f (genitive singular kerlingar, nominative plural kerlingar)
- (old) woman
- (chiefly historical) a lower-class woman, as opposed to frú, dama, maddama
- (derogatory) wuss, wimp (referring to a man or boy)
- (informal, sometimes derogatory) wife
- a general term of endearment for a female; girl, old girl
Declension edit
declension of kerling
f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kerling | kerlingin | kerlingar | kerlingarnar |
accusative | kerlingu | kerlinguna | kerlingar | kerlingarnar |
dative | kerlingu | kerlingunni | kerlingum | kerlingunum |
genitive | kerlingar | kerlingarinnar | kerlinga | kerlinganna |
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kerling f (genitive kerlingar, plural kerlingar)
Declension edit
Declension of kerling (strong ō-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kerling | kerlingin | kerlingar | kerlingarnar |
accusative | kerling | kerlingina | kerlingar | kerlingarnar |
dative | kerlingu | kerlingunni | kerlingum | kerlingunum |
genitive | kerlingar | kerlingarinnar | kerlinga | kerlinganna |
Derived terms edit
- framfœrslukerling f (“old pauper”)
- herjanskerling f (“hag”)
- herkerling f
- hornkerling f (“old woman in the corner”)
- hórkerling f (“harlot”)
- kararkerling f (“bedridden old woman”)
- kerlingavilla f (“old woman's tale”)
- klafakerling f
- spákerling f (“prophetess”)
- stafkerling f (“beggarwoman”)
- trollkerling f (“female troll”)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: kerling
- Faroese: kelling
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerring
- Norwegian Bokmål: kjerring
- Old Swedish: kärling, kærling, kiærling
- Old Danish: kærlingh, kerlingh
- Danish: kælling
- Elfdalian: kelingg
- → Irish: cairling
References edit
- “kerling”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press