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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse hilmir.
Pronunciation
Noun
hilmir m (genitive singular hilmis, nominative plural hilmar)
- (poetic) king, prince
Declension
Declension of hilmir (masculine)
Synonyms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hilmijaz, from *helmaz (“helmet”) (whence hjalmr (“helmet”)), thus perhaps literally meaning "helmet-provider".
Noun
hilmir m (genitive hilmis)
- prince
Declension
Declension of hilmir (strong ija-stem)
References
- “hilmir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press