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Danish
Etymology
Old Danish horkarl, equivalent to hor (“illicit sex”) + karl (“man”).
Noun
horkarl c (singular definite horkarlen, plural indefinite horkarle)
- adulterer
- lecher
Inflection
Synonyms
Old Danish
Etymology
From hor + karl.
Noun
horkarl m
- man who has sex with another man's wife
- 13th century, Scanian Law, §215.
hittær man annær man i siangu mæþ aþulkunu sinni . ok drepær bondæn horkarl i siangu ...- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 13th century, Scanian Law, §216.
far horkarl sar innæn siangu mæþ annærs manz kunu ...- if a man who has sex with another man's wife gets wounds in bed with another man's wife
Descendants
Swedish
Etymology
hor (“adultery, fornication”) + karl (“man”)
Noun
horkarl c
- (dated) an adulterer, a fornicator (man who commits adultery or has sex outside marriage, a sexually immoral man)
Declension
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