skelmir

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skelmir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈscɛlmɪr/

Noun

skelmir m (genitive singular skelmis, nominative plural skelmar)

trickster, rogue, rascal

Declension

declension of skelmir

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	skelmir	skelmirinn	skelmar	skelmarnir
accusative	skelmi	skelminn	skelma	skelmana
dative	skelmi	skelminum	skelmum	skelmunum
genitive	skelmis	skelmisins	skelma	skelmanna

Synonyms

(trickster): prakkari, hrekkjalómur

Old Norse

Etymology

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

skelmir m (genitive skelmis, plural skelmar)

rogue
devil

References

Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)

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