hólmganga

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Icelandic

Egill Skallagrímsson engaging in holmgang with Berg-Önundr.

Etymology

From Old Norse hólmganga (whence also Swedish holmgång), from hólmi (“islet, holm”) or hólmur (“islet, holm”) and ganga (“walk”) (from the verb ganga (“to walk”)); literally meaning "walk on an islet" or "island walk".

Compare skora á hólm (“challenge to a duel”) and fara með sigur af hólmi (“to triumph”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hólmganga f (genitive singular hólmgöngu, nominative plural hólmgöngur)

  1. holmgang, duel, single combat
    Synonym: einvígi

Declension

Declension of hólmganga (feminine, based on ganga)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hólmganga hólmgangan hólmgöngur hólmgöngurnar
accusative hólmgöngu hólmgönguna hólmgöngur hólmgöngurnar
dative hólmgöngu hólmgöngunni hólmgöngum hólmgöngunum
genitive hólmgöngu hólmgöngunnar hólmgangna hólmgangnanna
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