bardagi
Faroese
Alternative forms
- bardagur
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpartɛaːjɪ]
Noun
bardagi m (genitive singular bardaga, plural bardagar)
- battle, conflict, fight, clash
- war
- affray, brawl
Declension
| Declension of bardagi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bardagi | bardagin | bardagar | bardagarnir |
| accusative | bardaga | bardagan | bardagar | bardagarnar |
| dative | bardaga | bardaganum | bardagum | bardagunum |
| genitive | bardaga | bardagans | bardaga | bardaganna |
Synonyms
- orrusta, samanbrestur
- kríggj, stríð
- handbrá
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpartaːjɪ/
Noun
bardagi m (genitive singular bardaga, nominative plural bardagar)
- battle, combat, fight
- brawl, rough-and-tumble
Declension
declension of bardagi
| m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bardagi | bardaginn | bardagar | bardagarnir |
| accusative | bardaga | bardagann | bardaga | bardagana |
| dative | bardaga | bardaganum | bardögum | bardögunum |
| genitive | bardaga | bardagans | bardaga | bardaganna |
Synonyms
- (brawl): áflog n pl, slagsmál n pl
See also
- berjast
Old Norse
Noun
bardagi m
- beating, thrashing
- fight, battle
- calamity, scourge
Declension
Declension of bardagi (weak an-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bardagi | bardaginn | bardagar | bardagarnir |
| accusative | bardaga | bardagann | bardaga | bardagana |
| dative | bardaga | bardaganum | bardǫgum | bardǫgunum |
| genitive | bardaga | bardagans | bardaga | bardaganna |
Derived terms
- bardagabúinn (“ready for battle”)
- bardagafrest n (“delay of battle”)
- bardagafullr (“eager for combat”)
- bardagafýst f (“love of combat”)
- bardagagjarn (“eager for combat”)
- bardagaguð m (“god of battle”)
- bardagagyðja f (“goddess of battle”)
- bardagalaust (“without battle”)
- bardagalist f (“art of war”)
- bardagalykt f (“the close of a battle”)
- bardagamaðr m (“warrior”)
- bardagastef n (“a time fixed for a battle”)
- bardagastefna f (“a time fixed for a battle”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: bardagi
- Faroese: bardagi, bardagur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bardage
References
- bardagi in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press