nauðungarmaðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From nauðung (“constraint”) +‎ maðr (“man, person”).

Noun

nauðungarmaðr m

1. someone that is under another person's thumb

Declension

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

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nauðungarmaðr	nauðungarmaðrinn	nauðungarmenn	nauðungarmenninir
accusative	nauðungarmann	nauðungarmanninn	nauðungarmenn	nauðungarmennina
dative	nauðungarmanni	nauðungarmanninum	nauðungarmǫnnum	nauðungarmǫnnunum
genitive	nauðungarmanns	nauðungarmannsins	nauðungarmanna	nauðungarmannanna

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “nauðungarmaðr”, 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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