nauðungarmaðr
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From nauðung (“constraint”) + maðr (“man, person”).
Noun edit
nauðungarmaðr m
- someone that is under another person's thumb
Declension edit
Declension of nauðungarmaðr (strong consonant stem, s-genitive)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | nauðungarmaðr | nauðungarmaðrinn | nauðungarmenn | nauðungarmenninir |
| accusative | nauðungarmann | nauðungarmanninn | nauðungarmenn | nauðungarmennina |
| dative | nauðungarmanni | nauðungarmanninum | nauðungarmǫnnum | nauðungarmǫnnunum |
| genitive | nauðungarmanns | nauðungarmannsins | nauðungarmanna | nauðungarmannanna |
References edit
- nauðungarmaðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.