lávarður

Icelandic

Etymology

Introduced to Iceland from Middle English laverd as Icelanders were introduced to chivalric romances in the 13th century,^[1] from Old English hlāfweard (“lord, master, husband”, literally “bread-keeper”); originally from hlāf (“bread”) and weard (“guardian, keeper”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlauːvarðʏr/

Noun

lávarður m (genitive singular lávarðs or lávarðar, nominative plural lávarðar)

lord

Declension

declension of lávarður

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	lávarður	lávarðurinn	lávarðar	lávarðarnir
accusative	lávarð	lávarðinn	lávarða	lávarðana
dative	lávarði	lávarðinum	lávörðum	lávörðunum
genitive	lávarðs / lávarðar	lávarðsins / lávarðarins	lávarða	lávarðanna

References

^ “On Icelandic”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], 2011 September 6 (last accessed), archived from the original on 8 March 2014

[1] “On Icelandic”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], 2011 September 6 (last accessed), archived from the original on 8 March 2014

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