riddari
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse riddari, from Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
riddari m (genitive singular riddara, plural riddarar)
Declension edit
| Declension of riddari | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | riddari | riddarin | riddarar | riddararnir |
| accusative | riddara | riddaran | riddarar | riddararnar |
| dative | riddara | riddaranum | riddarum | riddarunum |
| genitive | riddara | riddarans | riddara | riddaranna |
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse riddari, from Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
riddari m (genitive singular riddara, nominative plural riddarar)
Declension edit
declension of riddari
| m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | riddari | riddarinn | riddarar | riddararnir |
| accusative | riddara | riddarann | riddara | riddarana |
| dative | riddara | riddaranum | riddurum | riddurunum |
| genitive | riddara | riddarans | riddara | riddaranna |
See also edit
| Chess pieces in Icelandic · taflmennirnir (layout · text) | |||||
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| kóngur | drottning | hrókur | biskup | riddari | peð |
Further reading edit
- “riddari” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”), displacing earlier Old Norse *riði.
Noun edit
riddari m (genitive riddara, plural riddarar)
Declension edit
Declension of riddari (weak an-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | riddari | riddarinn | riddarar | riddararnir |
| accusative | riddara | riddarann | riddara | riddarana |
| dative | riddara | riddaranum | riddurum | riddurunum |
| genitive | riddara | riddarans | riddara | riddaranna |
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: riddari
- Faroese: riddari
- Norwegian Nynorsk: riddar
- Norwegian: (dialectal) riddari
- Swedish: riddare
- Danish: ridder
- Norwegian Bokmål: ridder
References edit
- “riddari”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press