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hildileikr

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From hildr +‎ leikr.

Noun

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hildileikr m

  1. game of war, battle (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

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Declension of hildileikr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hildileikr hildileikrinn hildileikar hildileikarnir
accusative hildileik hildileikinn hildileika hildileikana
dative hildileiki hildileikinum hildileikum hildileikunum
genitive hildileiks hildileiksins hildileika hildileikanna

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hildileikr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive