siklingr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

siklingr m

  1. (poetic, heiti) poet, king, ruler
    • c. 850, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 1]:
      […] Ok sikling / svigðis geira
      vágr vindlauss / of viða skyldi.
      […] And the windless wave of the spears of the bull [HORNS > MEAD] was to destroy the prince.

Declension[edit]

  Declension of siklingr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative siklingr siklingrinn siklingar siklingarnir
accusative sikling siklinginn siklinga siklingana
dative siklingi siklinginum siklingum siklingunum
genitive siklings siklingsins siklinga siklinganna

References[edit]

  • “siklingr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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