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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse riddari, from Middle Low German ridder (rider, knight).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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riddari m (genitive singular riddara, plural riddarar)

  1. rider, horseman
  2. (historical) knight
  3. (chess) knight
  4. knight (Order of the Dannebrog)

Declension

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m1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative riddari riddarin riddarar riddararnir
accusative riddara riddaran riddarar riddararnar
dative riddara riddaranum riddarum riddarunum
genitive riddara riddarans riddara riddaranna

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse riddari, from Middle Low German ridder (rider, knight).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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riddari m (genitive singular riddara, nominative plural riddarar)

  1. rider, horseman
  2. knight
  3. (chess) knight

Declension

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See also

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Chess pieces in Icelandic · taflmennirnir (layout · text)
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kóngur drottning hrókur biskup riddari peð

Further reading

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German ridder (rider, knight), displacing earlier Old Norse *riði.

Noun

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riddari m (genitive riddara, plural riddarar)

  1. rider, horseman
  2. knight
  3. (chess) knight

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: riddari
  • Faroese: riddari
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: riddar
  • Norwegian: (dialectal) riddari
  • Swedish: riddare
  • Danish: ridder

References

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  • riddari”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press