Miklagarþ

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Miklagarðr.

Noun

Miklagarþ m

1. Constantinople
   • 2023, Skaldic Bard, The Last Varangians - Song in Old Swedish (yt):

     Wī ærom wæriara Miklagarths minnis æwærilds, wī frø̄gnom ey borghena thō dø̄dhen brat take oss, mædh øxo i hændi wæriom wī borghena

     We are the protectors of the eternal memory of Constantinople, we will not simply give up on the city even if death soon takes us, with ax in hand we protect the city

Declension

Declension of Miklagarþer (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Miklagarþer	Miklagarþrin	Miklagarþar	Miklagarþanir, Miklagarþaner
accusative	Miklagarþ	Miklagarþin	Miklagarþa	Miklagarþana
dative	Miklagarþi, Miklagarþe	Miklagarþinum, Miklagarþenom	Miklagarþum, Miklagarþom	Miklagarþumin, Miklagarþomen
genitive	Miklagarþs	Miklagarþsins	Miklagarþa	Miklagarþanna