öldungur
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse ǫldungr. Cognate with Danish olding, Norwegian Nynorsk olding, and Norwegian Bokmål olding.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]öldungur m (genitive singular öldungs, nominative plural öldungar)
- Elder; a person of older age in a specified group, often a senior figure in that group.
- Synonyms: gamalmenni, gamlingi, fauskur
- Öldungurinn virtist mjög vitur, en við nánari skoðun komumst við að því að hann var bara ölvaður.
- The elder seemed very smart, but upon further inspection, we realised he was just drunk.
Declension
[edit]Declension of öldungur (masculine)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | öldungur | öldungurinn | öldungar | öldungarnir |
| accusative | öldung | öldunginn | öldunga | öldungana |
| dative | öldungi | öldungnum | öldungum | öldungunum |
| genitive | öldungs | öldungsins | öldunga | öldunganna |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Öldungur in Íslensk nútímamálsorðabók