Etymograph > Indo-European > Old Norse > Compounds > húskarl

house-old man

Attested in Viking Language 10.2 ("húskarlar"), Viking Language 10.13 ("húskörlum"), Viking Language 13.1 ("húskarla")

Inflected forms
húskarlar "house-old man.nom.pl" (on-nom-pl)
húskörlum "house-old man.dat.pl" (on-dat-pl)
húskarla "house-old man.acc" (on-acc)
Compound:
hús "house" + karl "old man" (head)

Paradigms