skelfiskr
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *skaljafiskaz. Cognate with Old English sċielfisċ → English shellfish. Equivalent to skel + fiskr.
Noun
[edit]skelfiskr m
Declension
[edit]| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | skelfiskr | skelfiskrinn | skelfiskar | skelfiskarnir |
| accusative | skelfisk | skelfiskinn | skelfiska | skelfiskana |
| dative | skelfiski | skelfiskinum | skelfiskum | skelfiskunum |
| genitive | skelfisks | skelfisksins | skelfiska | skelfiskanna |
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “skelfiskr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive