skelfiskr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skaljafiskaz. Cognate with Old English sċielfisċ → English shellfish. Equivalent to skel +‎ fiskr.

Noun

skelfiskr m

  1. shellfish

Declension

  Declension of skelfiskr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skelfiskr skelfiskrinn skelfiskar skelfiskarnir
accusative skelfisk skelfiskinn skelfiska skelfiskana
dative skelfiski skelfiskinum skelfiskum skelfiskunum
genitive skelfisks skelfisksins skelfiska skelfiskanna

References

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