marmennill
English
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editmarmennill (plural marmennills)
- A fabled marine male creature usually represented as having the head, trunk, and arms of a man and a lower part like the tail of a fish.
References
edit- (etymology) Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, By Sabine Baring-Gould, Rivingtons,1873, page 504 [1]
Icelandic
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmarmennill m (genitive singular marmennils, nominative plural marmennlar)
- (mythology) merman, marmennill
- Synonym: marbendill
Declension
editdeclension of marmennill
m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | marmennill | marmennillinn | marmennar | marmennarnir |
accusative | marmennill | marmennillinn | marmenna | marmennana |
dative | marmennlli | marmennllinum | marmennum | marmennunum |
genitive | marmennills | marmennillsins | marmenna | marmennanna |
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