envig
Swedish
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Early Modern Swedish enwighe, from Old Swedish envighe, from Old Norse einvígi.
Noun
[edit]envig n
- (archaic) a melee duel
- 1916 translation by N. E. Hammarstedt of c. 98, Tacitus, Germania
- […] söka de på ett eller annat sätt bortsnappa en fånge, och låta sedan denne i envig mäta sig med en bland deras egna landsmän utvald krigare […]
- […] they seek, by one way or the other, to get hold of a prisoner and then set him for a duel against a warrior chosen from their own folk […]
- 1916 translation by N. E. Hammarstedt of c. 98, Tacitus, Germania
- trial by combat, judicial duel
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | envig | envigs |
| definite | enviget | envigets | |
| plural | indefinite | envig | envigs |
| definite | envigen | envigens |
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- envig in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- envig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)