kalfi

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

Unknown; compare dialectal German Kalb (“muscle”), itself from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz.

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈkɑlvɪ/

Noun

kalfi m (genitive kalfa, plural kalfar)

  1. calf (part of the leg)
Declension
  Declension of kalfi (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kalfi kalfinn kalfar kalfarnir
accusative kalfa kalfann kalfa kalfana
dative kalfa kalfanum kǫlfum kǫlfunum
genitive kalfa kalfans kalfa kalfanna
Descendants

References

  • kálfi in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • “kalfi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

Noun

kalfi

  1. dative singular of kalfr
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