fangvinr

Old Norse

Etymology

fang (“wrestling, grappling”) +‎ vinr (“friend”)

Noun

fangvinr m (genitive fangvinar, plural fangvinir)

(wrestling) a wrestling opponent; one with which one grapples

Declension

Declension of fangvinr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fangvinr	fangvinrinn	fangvinir	fangvinirnir
accusative	fangvin	fangvininn	fangvini	fangvinina
dative	fangvin	fangvininum	fangvinum	fangvinunum
genitive	fangvinar	fangvinarins	fangvina	fangvinanna

Coordinate terms

fangvina f (“female wrestling opponent”)

Descendants

Icelandic: fangvinur

References

Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)

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