siklingr

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Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

siklingr m

(poetic, heiti) poet, king, ruler
- c. 850, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 1]:
  […] Ok sikling / svigðis geira
  vágr vindlauss / of viða skyldi.
  And the windless wave of the spears of the bull was to destroy the prince.

Declension

Declension of siklingr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	siklingr	siklingrinn	siklingar	siklingarnir
accusative	sikling	siklinginn	siklinga	siklingana
dative	siklingi	siklinginum	siklingum	siklingunum
genitive	siklings	siklingsins	siklinga	siklinganna

References

“siklingr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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