marmennill

English

Etymology

From Icelandic and Old Norse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹməˌnɪl/

Noun

marmennill (plural marmennills)

1. A fabled marine male creature usually represented as having the head, trunk, and arms of a man and a lower part like the tail of a fish.

References

• (etymology) Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, By Sabine Baring-Gould, Rivingtons,1873, page 504 [1]

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmar.mɛnːɪtl/

Noun

marmennill m (genitive singular marmennils, nominative plural marmennlar)

1. (mythology) merman, marmennill

   Synonym: marbendill

Declension

Declension of marmennill (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	marmennill	marmennillinn	marmennlar	marmennlarnir
accusative	marmennil	marmennilinn	marmennla	marmennlana
dative	marmennli	marmennlinum	marmennlum	marmennlunum
genitive	marmennils	marmennilsins	marmennla	marmennlanna