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
masculine	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.

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