marmennill

English

Etymology

From Icelandic and Old Norse.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹməˌnɪl/

Noun

marmennill (plural marmennills)

  1. A fabled marine male creature usually represented as having the head, trunk, and arms of a man and a lower part like the tail of a fish.

References
  • (etymology) Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, By Sabine Baring-Gould, Rivingtons,1873, page 504

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmar.mɛnːɪtl/

Noun

marmennill m (genitive singular marmennils, nominative plural marmennlar)

  1. (mythology) merman, marmennill
    Synonym: marbendill

Declension
declension of marmennill
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative marmennill marmennillinn marmennar marmennarnir
accusative marmennill marmennillinn marmenna marmennana
dative marmennlli marmennllinum marmennum marmennunum
genitive marmennills marmennillsins marmenna marmennanna
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