víkingr – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of víkingr

Noun: víkingr
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.víkingr
Sg. Def.víkingrinn
Pl. Indef.víkingar
Pl. Def.víkingarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.víkings
Sg. Def.víkingsins
Pl. Indef.víkinga
Pl. Def.víkinganna

Dative

Sg. Indef.víkingi
Sg. Def.víkinginum
Pl. Indef.víkingum
Pl. Def.víkingunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.víking
Sg. Def.víkinginn
Pl. Indef.víkinga
Pl. Def.víkingana

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Etymology

1. From Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz. Cognate with Old English wīċing, Old Frisian wītsing and Old Saxon wīking (“pirate”).
2. May be equivalent to Vík + -ingr, or the more general vík (“bay, inlet”) + -ingr. Other proposals were made, like e.g. deriving víkingr from the root related to the verb víkja (or its Proto-Germanic equivalent).

Verbs referencing "víkingr"

English Nouns Viking, Dutch Nouns Viking, French Nouns Viking, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns viking, Portuguese Nouns viking, Faroese Nouns víkingur, Icelandic Nouns víkingur, Spanish Nouns vikingo, Hungarian Nouns vitéz, Catalan Nouns víking, Slovak Nouns víťaz, Portuguese Nouns víquingue, Old English Nouns wicing, Irish Nouns uiging.

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