loddari

Icelandic

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ludraz (“useless; worthless; bad”). Compare Old English loddere, Old High German lotar (“vain; void; insignificant”), Middle High German lotter. See also Czech lotr and Polish łotr.

Noun

loddari m (genitive singular loddara, nominative plural loddarar)

  1. charlatan, fraudster, phoney

Declension

Declension of loddari (masculine, based on -ari)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative loddari loddarinn loddarar loddararnir
accusative loddara loddarann loddara loddarana
dative loddara loddaranum loddurum loddurunum
genitive loddara loddarans loddara loddaranna

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