þénari

Old Norse

Etymology

From þéna (“to serve”) +‎ -ari.

Noun

þénari m

1. servant

Conjugation

  Declension of þénari (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þénari	þénarinn	þénarar	þénararnir
accusative	þénara	þénarann	þénara	þénarana
dative	þénara	þénaranum	þénurum	þénurunum
genitive	þénara	þénarans	þénara	þénaranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: þénari
• Faroese: tænari
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tenar
• Swedish: tjänare c
• Danish: tjener c
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tjener

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “þénari”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 510; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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