lávarður

Icelandic

Etymology

Introduced to Iceland from Middle English laverd as Icelanders were introduced to chivalric romances in the 13th century,[1] from Old English hlāfweard (“lord, master, husband”, literally “bread-keeper”); originally from hlāf (“bread”) and weard (“guardian, keeper”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlauːvarðʏr/

Noun

lávarður m (genitive singular lávarðs or lávarðar, nominative plural lávarðar)

  1. lord

Declension

Declension of lávarður (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lávarður lávarðurinn lávarðar lávarðarnir
accusative lávarð lávarðinn lávarða lávarðana
dative lávarði lávarðinum lávörðum lávörðunum
genitive lávarðs, lávarðar lávarðsins, lávarðarins lávarða lávarðanna

References

  1. ^ “On Icelandic”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 6 September 2011 (last accessed), archived from the original on 8 March 2014
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