kerling
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈcʰɛrtliŋk/ (more formal, used especially in senses 1 and 2)
- IPA(key): /ˈcʰɛtliŋk/
- Rhymes: -ɛtliŋk
Noun
[edit]kerling f (genitive singular kerlingar, nominative plural kerlingar)
- (old) woman
- (chiefly historical) a lower-class woman, as opposed to frú, dama, maddama
- (derogatory) wuss, wimp (referring to a man or boy)
- (informal, sometimes derogatory) wife
- a general term of endearment for a female; girl, old girl
Declension
[edit]Declension of kerling (feminine)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kerling | kerlingin | kerlingar | kerlingarnar |
accusative | kerlingu | kerlinguna | kerlingar | kerlingarnar |
dative | kerlingu | kerlingunni | kerlingum | kerlingunum |
genitive | kerlingar | kerlingarinnar | kerlinga | kerlinganna |
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]kerling f (genitive kerlingar, plural kerlingar)
Declension
[edit] Declension of kerling (strong ō-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kerling | kerlingin | kerlingar | kerlingarnar |
accusative | kerling | kerlingina | kerlingar | kerlingarnar |
dative | kerlingu | kerlingunni | kerlingum | kerlingunum |
genitive | kerlingar | kerlingarinnar | kerlinga | kerlinganna |
Derived terms
[edit]- framfœrslukerling f (“old pauper”)
- herjanskerling f (“hag”)
- herkerling f
- hornkerling f (“old woman in the corner”)
- hórkerling f (“harlot”)
- kararkerling f (“bedridden old woman”)
- kerlingavilla f (“old woman's tale”)
- klafakerling f
- spákerling f (“prophetess”)
- stafkerling f (“beggarwoman”)
- trollkerling f (“female troll”)
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: kerling
- Faroese: kelling
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerring
- Norwegian Bokmål: kjerring
- Old Swedish: kärling, kærling, kiærling
- Old Danish: kærlingh, kerlingh
- Danish: kælling
- Elfdalian: kelingg
- → Irish: cairling
References
[edit]- “kerling”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛtliŋk
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛtliŋk/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic terms with historical senses
- Icelandic derogatory terms
- Icelandic informal terms
- Old Norse terms suffixed with -ing
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns
- Old Norse ō-stem nouns