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sækonungr

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compound of sær (sea) +‎ konungr (king).

Noun

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sækonungr m (genitive sækonungs, plural sækonungar)

  1. a sea king
    • Ynglinga saga
      Vóru margir sækonungar þeir er réðu liði miklu ok áttu engi lǫnd, þótti sá einn með fullu heita mega sækonungr, er hann svaf aldri undir sótkum rapti ok drakk aldri at arinshorni.
      There were many sea kings who ruled over great hosts and owned no lands; he alone was thought worthy to be fully called a sea king, who never slept beneath a sooty rafter and never drank a horn by the hearth.

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Faroese: sjókongur
  • Icelandic: sækonungur, sjókonungur

References

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  • “sækonungr” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen