prestkona

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Old Norse

Etymology

From prestr +‎ kona.

Noun

prestkona f

  1. a priest's wife

Declension

Declension of prestkona (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative prestkona prestkonan prestkonur prestkonurnar
accusative prestkonu prestkonuna prestkonur prestkonurnar
dative prestkonu prestkonunni prestkonum prestkonunum
genitive prestkonu prestkonunnar prestkvenna prestkvennanna

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “prestkona”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive