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
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)