horkarl
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Danish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Old Danish horkarl, equivalent to hor (“illicit sex”) + karl (“man”).
Noun
[edit]horkarl c (singular definite horkarlen, plural indefinite horkarle)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of horkarl
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | horkarl | horkarlen | horkarle | horkarlene |
| genitive | horkarls | horkarlens | horkarles | horkarlenes |
Synonyms
[edit]- (adulterer): ægteskabsbryder
- (lecher): horebuk
Old Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]horkarl m
- man who has sex with another man's wife
- 13th century, Scanian Law, §215.
- hittær man annær man i siangu mæþ aþulkunu sinni . ok drepær bondæn horkarl i siangu ...
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 13th century, Scanian Law, §216.
- far horkarl sar innæn siangu mæþ annærs manz kunu ...
- if a man who has sex with another man's wife gets wounds in bed with another man's wife
- 13th century, Scanian Law, §215.
Descendants
[edit]- Danish: horkarl
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]hor (“adultery, fornication”) + karl (“man”)
Noun
[edit]horkarl c
- (dated) an adulterer, a fornicator (man who commits adultery or has sex outside marriage, a sexually immoral man)
Declension
[edit]Declension of horkarl
References
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