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
m-s1 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)‎, 2011 September 6 (last accessed), archived from the original on 8 March 2014
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