skelmir
Icelandic
editEtymology
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editNoun
editskelmir m (genitive singular skelmis, nominative plural skelmar)
Declension
editdeclension of skelmir
Synonyms
edit- (trickster): prakkari, hrekkjalómur
Old Norse
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editCompare German Schelm (“rogue”) and Middle Low German schelm (“scoundrel, rogue”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
editskelmir m (genitive skelmis, plural skelmar)
References
edit- Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)