kvennmaðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From kvenn- +‎ maðr. Not to be confused with kvennamaðr (“a man that is fond of women”) (Compare Old English: wīfmann (“woman”)).

Noun

kvennmaðr m

1. woman

   Antonym: karlmaðr

Declension

  Declension of kvennmaðr (strong consonant stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvennmaðr	kvennmaðrinn	kvennmenn	kvennmenninir
accusative	kvennmann	kvennmanninn	kvennmenn	kvennmennina
dative	kvennmanni	kvennmanninum	kvennmǫnnum	kvennmǫnnunum
genitive	kvennmanns	kvennmannsins	kvennmanna	kvennmannanna

Derived terms

• kvennmannligr

Descendants

• Icelandic: kvenmaður

References

• kvennmaðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.