skelmir
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]skelmir m (genitive singular skelmis, nominative plural skelmar)
- trickster, rogue, rascal
- Synonyms: prakkari, hrekkjalómur
Declension
[edit]Declension of skelmir (masculine)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | skelmir | skelmirinn | skelmar | skelmarnir |
| accusative | skelmi | skelminn | skelma | skelmana |
| dative | skelmi | skelminum | skelmum | skelmunum |
| genitive | skelmis | skelmisins | skelma | skelmanna |
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare German Schelm (“rogue”) and Middle Low German schelm (“scoundrel, rogue”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
[edit]skelmir m (genitive skelmis, plural skelmar)
Further reading
[edit]- Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “skelmir”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press