"hólmganga" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhoulm.kauŋka/
Etymology: From Old Norse hólmganga (whence also Swedish holmgång), from hólmi (“islet, holm”) or hólmur (“islet, holm”) and ganga (“walk”) (from the verb ganga (“to walk”)); literally meaning "walk on an islet" or "island walk". Compare skora á hólm (“challenge to a duel”) and fara með sigur af hólmi (“to triumph”). Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|hólmganga}} Old Norse hólmganga, {{cog|sv|holmgång}} Swedish holmgång Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} hólmganga f (genitive singular hólmgöngu, nominative plural hólmgöngur) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|@gan}} Forms: hólmgöngu [genitive, singular], hólmgöngur [nominative, plural], feminine [table-tags], hólmganga [indefinite, nominative, singular], hólmgangan [definite, nominative, singular], hólmgöngur [indefinite, nominative, plural], hólmgöngurnar [definite, nominative, plural], hólmgöngu [accusative, indefinite, singular], hólmgönguna [accusative, definite, singular], hólmgöngur [accusative, indefinite, plural], hólmgöngurnar [accusative, definite, plural], hólmgöngu [dative, indefinite, singular], hólmgöngunni [dative, definite, singular], hólmgöngum [dative, indefinite, plural], hólmgöngunum [dative, definite, plural], hólmgöngu [genitive, indefinite, singular], hólmgöngunnar [definite, genitive, singular], hólmgangna [genitive, indefinite, plural], hólmgangnanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. holmgang, duel, single combat Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Violence Synonyms: einvígi
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