manslaga

Old English

Alternative forms

mannslaga

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *manaslagō. Cognate with Old Saxon manslago and Old High German manslago. The expected Old Frisian cognate, monslaga, exists but has come to mean "murder." Equivalent to mann (“person”) +‎ slaga (“killer”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnˌslɑ.ɡɑ/, [ˈmɑnˌslɑ.ɣɑ]

Noun

manslaga m

someone who kills a person: murderer, killer

Declension

Declension of manslaga (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	manslaga	manslagan
accusative	manslagan	manslagan
genitive	manslagan	manslagena
dative	manslagan	manslagum

Synonyms

slaga

Related terms

mansliht

See also

manþēof

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mann-slaga”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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