skelmir
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]skelmir m (genitive singular skelmis, nominative plural skelmar)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of skelmir | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | skelmir | skelmirinn | skelmar | skelmarnir |
| accusative | skelmi | skelminn | skelma | skelmana |
| dative | skelmi | skelminum | skelmum | skelmunum |
| genitive | skelmis | skelmisins | skelma | skelmanna |
Synonyms
[edit]- (trickster): prakkari, hrekkjalómur
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare 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
[edit]skelmir m (genitive skelmis, plural skelmar)
References
[edit]- Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)