horkarl

Danish

Alternative forms

• horekarl

Etymology

Old Danish horkarl, equivalent to hor (“illicit sex”) +‎ karl (“man”).

Noun

horkarl c (singular definite horkarlen, plural indefinite horkarle)

1. adulterer
2. lecher

Inflection

Declension of horkarl

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	horkarl	horkarlen	horkarle	horkarlene
genitive	horkarls	horkarlens	horkarles	horkarlenes

Synonyms

• (adulterer): ægteskabsbryder
• (lecher): horebuk

Old Danish

Etymology

From hor +‎ karl.

Noun

horkarl m

1. man who has sex with another man's wife
   • 13th century, Scanian Law, §215.

     hittær man annær man i siangu mæþ aþulkunu sinni . ok drepær bondæn horkarl i siangu ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 13th century, Scanian Law, §216.

     far horkarl sar innæn siangu mæþ annærs manz kunu ...

     if a man who has sex with another man's wife gets wounds in bed with another man's wife

Descendants

• Danish: horkarl

Swedish

Etymology

hor (“adultery, fornication”) +‎ karl (“man”)

Noun

horkarl c

1. (dated) an adulterer, a fornicator (man who commits adultery or has sex outside marriage, a sexually immoral man)

Declension

Declension of horkarl
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	horkarl	horkarlen	horkarlar	horkarlarna
Genitive	horkarls	horkarlens	horkarlars	horkarlarnas

References

• horkarl in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• horkarl in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)