skelfiskr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skaljafiskaz. Cognate with Old English sċielfisċ → English shellfish. Equivalent to skel +‎ fiskr.

Noun

skelfiskr m

1. shellfish

Declension

  Declension of skelfiskr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skelfiskr	skelfiskrinn	skelfiskar	skelfiskarnir
accusative	skelfisk	skelfiskinn	skelfiska	skelfiskana
dative	skelfiski	skelfiskinum	skelfiskum	skelfiskunum
genitive	skelfisks	skelfisksins	skelfiska	skelfiskanna

References

• “skelfiskr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press