siklingr

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

siklingr m

1. (poetic, heiti) poet, king, ruler
   • c. 850, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 1]:

     […] Ok sikling / svigðis geira
     vágr vindlauss / of viða skyldi.

     […] And the windless wave of the spears of the bull [HORNS > MEAD] was to destroy the prince.

Declension

  Declension of siklingr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	siklingr	siklingrinn	siklingar	siklingarnir
accusative	sikling	siklinginn	siklinga	siklingana
dative	siklingi	siklinginum	siklingum	siklingunum
genitive	siklings	siklingsins	siklinga	siklinganna

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “siklingr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive