siklingr
Old Norse
editEtymology
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Noun
editsiklingr m
- (poetic, heiti) poet, king, ruler
- c. 850, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 1]:
- […] Ok sikling / svigðis geira
vágr vindlauss / of viða skyldi.- […] And the windless wave of the spears of the bull [HORNS > MEAD] was to destroy the prince.
- c. 850, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 1]:
Declension
edit Declension of siklingr (strong a-stem)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | siklingr | siklingrinn | siklingar | siklingarnir |
accusative | sikling | siklinginn | siklinga | siklingana |
dative | siklingi | siklinginum | siklingum | siklingunum |
genitive | siklings | siklingsins | siklinga | siklinganna |
References
edit- “siklingr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press