niflgóðr

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Old Norse

Etymology

nifl (“darkness, fog”) +‎ góðr (“good”).

Adjective

niflgóðr

  1. (poetic, hapax) darkness-loving; evil
    • Egill Skallagrímsson, Sonatorrek 15.5-8:
      þvít niflgóðr · niðja steypir
      bróður hrør · við baugum selr.
      for the darkness-loving overthrower of kinsmen sells his brother’s corpse for rings.

Declension

    Strong declension of niflgóðr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative niflgóðr niflgóð niflgott, niflgótt
accusative niflgóðan niflgóða niflgott, niflgótt
dative niflgóðum niflgóðri niflgóðu
genitive niflgóðs niflgóðrar niflgóðs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative niflgóðir niflgóðar niflgóð
accusative niflgóða niflgóðar niflgóð
dative niflgóðum niflgóðum niflgóðum
genitive niflgóðra niflgóðra niflgóðra
    Weak declension of niflgóðr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative niflgóði niflgóða niflgóða
accusative niflgóða niflgóðu niflgóða
dative niflgóða niflgóðu niflgóða
genitive niflgóða niflgóðu niflgóða
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative niflgóðu niflgóðu niflgóðu
accusative niflgóðu niflgóðu niflgóðu
dative niflgóðum niflgóðum niflgóðum
genitive niflgóðu niflgóðu niflgóðu

Descendants

  • Icelandic: niflgóður

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “niflgóðr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press
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