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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse kerling.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈcʰɛrtliŋk/ (more formal, used especially in senses 1 and 2)
- IPA(key): /ˈcʰɛtliŋk/
- Rhymes: -ɛtliŋk
Noun
kerling f (genitive singular kerlingar, nominative plural kerlingar)
- (old) woman
- (chiefly historical) a lower-class woman, as opposed to frú, dama, maddama
- (derogatory) wuss, wimp (referring to a man or boy)
- (informal, sometimes derogatory) wife
- a general term of endearment for a female; girl, old girl
Declension
Old Norse
Etymology
From karl + -ing.
Noun
kerling f (genitive kerlingar, plural kerlingar)
- woman, wife
- old woman
Declension
Declension of kerling (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “kerling”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press