bardagi

Faroese

Alternative forms

• bardagur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpartɛaːjɪ]

Noun

bardagi m (genitive singular bardaga, plural bardagar)

1. battle, conflict, fight, clash
2. war
3. affray, brawl

Declension

m1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bardagi	bardagin	bardagar	bardagarnir
accusative	bardaga	bardagan	bardagar	bardagarnar
dative	bardaga	bardaganum	bardagum	bardagunum
genitive	bardaga	bardagans	bardaga	bardaganna

Synonyms

• orrusta, samanbrestur
• kríggj, stríð
• handbrá

Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpartaːjɪ/

Noun

bardagi m (genitive singular bardaga, nominative plural bardagar)

1. battle, combat, fight
2. brawl, rough-and-tumble

   Synonyms: áflog n pl, slagsmál n pl

Declension

Declension of bardagi (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bardagi	bardaginn	bardagar	bardagarnir
accusative	bardaga	bardagann	bardaga	bardagana
dative	bardaga	bardaganum	bardögum	bardögunum
genitive	bardaga	bardagans	bardaga	bardaganna

See also

• berjast

Old Norse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bardagi m

1. beating, thrashing
2. fight, battle
3. calamity, scourge

Declension

Declension of bardagi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bardagi	bardaginn	bardagar	bardagarnir
accusative	bardaga	bardagann	bardaga	bardagana
dative	bardaga	bardaganum	bardǫgum	bardǫgunum
genitive	bardaga	bardagans	bardaga	bardaganna

Derived terms

• bardagabúinn (“ready for battle”)
• bardagafrest n (“delay of battle”)
• bardagafullr (“eager for combat”)
• bardagafýst f (“love of combat”)
• bardagagjarn (“eager for combat”)
• bardagaguð m (“god of battle”)
• bardagagyðja f (“goddess of battle”)
• bardagalaust (“without battle”)
• bardagalist f (“art of war”)
• bardagalykt f (“the close of a battle”)
• bardagamaðr m (“warrior”)
• bardagastef n (“a time fixed for a battle”)
• bardagastefna f (“a time fixed for a battle”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: bardagi
• Faroese: bardagi, bardagur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bardage
• Old Swedish: bardaghi
  • → Swedish: bardag
• Old Danish: bardaghe

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bardagi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive