marmennill

English

Etymology

From Icelandic and Old Norse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹməˌnɪl/

Noun

marmennill (plural marmennills)

1. A fabled marine male creature usually represented as having the head, trunk, and arms of a man and a lower part like the tail of a fish.

References

• (etymology) Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, By Sabine Baring-Gould, Rivingtons,1873, page 504 [1]

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.mɛnːɪtl/

Noun

marmennill m (genitive singular marmennils, nominative plural marmennlar)

1. (mythology) merman, marmennill

   Synonym: marbendill

Declension

declension of marmennill

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	marmennill	marmennillinn	marmennar	marmennarnir
accusative	marmennill	marmennillinn	marmenna	marmennana
dative	marmennlli	marmennllinum	marmennum	marmennunum
genitive	marmennills	marmennillsins	marmenna	marmennanna