manslaga

Old English

Alternative forms

• mannslaga

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *manaslagō. Cognate with Old Saxon manslago and Old High German manslago. The expected Old Frisian cognate, monslaga, exists but has come to mean "murder." Equivalent to mann (“person”) +‎ slaga (“killer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnˌslɑ.ɡɑ/, [ˈmɑnˌslɑ.ɣɑ]

Noun

manslaga m

1. someone who kills a person: murderer, killer

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	manslaga	manslagan
accusative	manslagan	manslagan
genitive	manslagan	manslagena
dative	manslagan	manslagum

Synonyms

• slaga

Related terms

• mansliht

See also

• manþēof

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mann-slaga”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.