banamaðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From bani (“bane”) +‎ maðr (“man, person”).

Noun

banamaðr m

killer, slayer

Declension

Declension of banamaðr (strong consonant stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	banamaðr	banamaðrinn	banamenn	banamenninir
accusative	banamann	banamanninn	banamenn	banamennina
dative	banamanni	banamanninum	banamǫnnum	banamǫnnunum
genitive	banamanns	banamannsins	banamanna	banamannanna

Descendants

Danish: banemand
Faroese: banamaður
Norwegian: banemann (Bokmål), banemann (Nynorsk)

References

banamaðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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