nauðmaðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From nauð (“need”) +‎ maðr (“man, person”).

Noun

nauðmaðr m

1. husband

Declension

Declension of nauðmaðr (strong consonant stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nauðmaðr	nauðmaðrinn	nauðmenn	nauðmenninir
accusative	nauðmann	nauðmanninn	nauðmenn	nauðmennina
dative	nauðmanni	nauðmanninum	nauðmǫnnum	nauðmǫnnunum
genitive	nauðmanns	nauðmannsins	nauðmanna	nauðmannanna

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “nauðmaðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 308; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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