banamaðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From bani (“bane”) +‎ maðr (“man, person”).

Noun

banamaðr m

1. killer, slayer

Declension

Declension of banamaðr (strong consonant stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	banamaðr	banamaðrinn	banamenn	banamenninir
accusative	banamann	banamanninn	banamenn	banamennina
dative	banamanni	banamanninum	banamǫnnum	banamǫnnunum
genitive	banamanns	banamannsins	banamanna	banamannanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: banamaður
• Danish: banemand
• Faroese: banamaður
• Norwegian: banemann (Bokmål), banemann (Nynorsk)
• Old Swedish: banaman
  • Swedish: baneman

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “banamaðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 23; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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