ætni

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to ætr (“edible”) and eta (“to eat”), át- +‎ -i (“abstract noun suffix; -ness”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

ætni f

1. gluttony

Declension

  Declension of ætni (weak īn-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	ætni	ætnin
accusative	ætni	ætnina
dative	ætni	ætninni
genitive	ætni	ætninnar

Derived terms

• ætnilǫstr

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ætni”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 525; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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