hvíldardagr

Old Norse

Etymology

From hvíld (“rest”) +‎ dagr (“day”).

Noun

hvíldardagr m (genitive hvíldardags, dative hvíldardegi)

1. day of rest
2. the Sabbath

Declension

Declension of hvíldardagr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hvíldardagr	hvíldardagrinn	hvíldardagar	hvíldardagarnir
accusative	hvíldardag	hvíldardaginn	hvíldardaga	hvíldardagana
dative	hvíldardegi	hvíldardeginum	hvíldardǫgum	hvíldardǫgunum
genitive	hvíldardags	hvíldardagsins	hvíldardaga	hvíldardaganna

Note the

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hvíldardagr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 220; also available at the Internet Archive