kalfi

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Old Norse

Etymology

Unknown; compare dialectal German Kalb (“muscle”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

kalfi m (genitive kalfa, plural kalfar)

  1. calf (part of the leg)

Declension

  Declension of kalfi (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kalfi kalfinn kalfar kalfarnir
accusative kalfa kalfann kalfa kalfana
dative kalfa kalfanum kǫlfum kǫlfunum
genitive kalfa kalfans kalfa kalfanna

Descendants

  • → Middle English: calf, calfe
  • Faroese: kálvi
  • Icelandic: kálfi
  • Norwegian:
  • Old Swedish: kalver

References

  • kálfi in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
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