kalfi
Old Norse
Etymology
Unknown; compare dialectal German Kalb (“muscle”).
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈkɑlvi/
Noun
kalfi m (genitive kalfa, plural kalfar)
- calf (part of the leg)
Declension
Declension of kalfi (weak an-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kalfi | kalfinn | kalfar | kalfarnir |
| accusative | kalfa | kalfann | kalfa | kalfana |
| dative | kalfa | kalfanum | kǫlfum | kǫlfunum |
| genitive | kalfa | kalfans | kalfa | kalfanna |
Descendants
- → Middle English: calf, calfe
- English: calf
- Scots: cauf, cauve, cawve
- Faroese: kálvi
- Icelandic: kálfi
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: kalv, kalve
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kalv, kalve
- Old Swedish: kalver
- Swedish: kalv
References
- kálfi in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.