bragarmál

Old Norse

Etymology

Compound of bragr (“poetic praise”) +‎ mál (“speech, language”)

Noun

bragarmál n

  1. poetical diction
  2. (poetry) a contraction of a short unstressed word; for instance varð ek > varð’k ‘I became’, þá es > þá’s ‘at the time when’

Declension
  Declension of bragarmál (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bragarmál bragarmálit bragarmǫ́l bragarmǫ́lin
accusative bragarmál bragarmálit bragarmǫ́l bragarmǫ́lin
dative bragarmáli bragarmálinu bragarmǫ́lum bragarmǫ́lunum
genitive bragarmáls bragarmálsins bragarmála bragarmálanna
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