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Old Norse
Etymology
From karl (“male”) + maðr (“man”).
Noun
karlmaðr m (genitive karlmanns)
- a man, male
- Antonym: kvennmaðr
- a man of valour
Declension
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Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “karlmaðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 237; also available at the Internet Archive