konungr
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- kongr (later form)
Etymology
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From Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (“king”). Cognate with Old English cyning, Old Frisian kening, kining, Old Saxon cuning, Old Dutch kuning, Old High German kuning.
Pronunciation
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Noun
konungr m (genitive konungs, plural konungar)
- a king
- Heimskringla, in 1829, J. F. W. Schlegel, Hin forna lögbok islendinga sem nefnist Gragas, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 345:
- Egill konungr spurði þetta, ok fór at leita þeira með liði sínu […]
- King Egil heard of this and began to seek them with his men […]
- Heimskringla, in 1829, J. F. W. Schlegel, Hin forna lögbok islendinga sem nefnist Gragas, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 345:
Declension
Declension of konungr (strong a-stem)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | konungr | konungrinn | konungar | konungarnir |
accusative | konung | konunginn | konunga | konungana |
dative | konungi | konunginum | konungum | konungunum |
genitive | konungs | konungsins | konunga | konunganna |
Derived terms
Terms derived from konungr
- konunga (“to address as a king”)
- konungakyn (“royal kin”)
- konungaskipti (“succession”)
- konungastefna (“meeting of kings”)
- konungasætt (“peace between kings”)
- konungatal (“series of kings”)
- konungamaðr (“royal person”)
- konungríki (“kingdom”)
- konungsatsetr (“royal residence”)
- konungsbréf (“royal writ, warrant”)
- konungsbú (“royal estate”)
- konungsefni (“future king”)
- konungseigur (“royal property”)
- konungseyrendi (“royal errand”)
- konungsfundr (“audience given by a king”)
- konungsgarðr (“royal palace”)
- konungshǫfn (“royal haven”)
- konungskveðja (“address to a king”)
- konungsleyfi (“king's leave”)
- konungslykill (“axe”)
- konungslægi (“royal berth”)
- konungsnafn (“royal title”)
- konungsnautr (“royal gift”)
- konungsníðingr (“traitor to a king”)
- konungsríki (“kingdom”)
- konungssetr (“royal residence”)
- konungsskrúði (“king's apparel”)
- konungssteði (“the mint”)
- konungssveit (“king's retinue”)
- konungssýsla (“royal office”)
- konungssæti (“royal seat, residence”)
- konungstekja (“election of a king”)
- konungstign (“royal dignity”)
- konungsvígsla (“coronation”)
- konungsæll (“blessed with good kings”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: konungur, kóngur
- Faroese: kongur, konungur
- Norn: konung
- Norwegian: konge
- Old Swedish: konunger, kununger, kunger
- Old Danish: kung, konung
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- Elfdalian: kunungg
- Gutnish: kuningg, kungg
- Scanian: káng
References
- “konungr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- konungr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- konungr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.