-naðr

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See also: naðr and nádr

Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From -n- + -aðr. This is the result of a wrong segmentation: when the word stem had a final n, the speakers thought that the n was part of a -naðr suffix. For example, jafn-aðr was re-interpreted as jaf-naðr.[1]

Suffix

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-naðr

  1. suffix used to create nouns, particularly from verbs, but also from adjectives
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: -naður, -nuður
  • Faroese: -naður
  • Norwegian: -nad
  • Old Swedish: -naþer, -nadher
  • Danish: -ne

Etymology 2

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Suffix

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-naðr

  1. past participle of -na (inchoative verb suffix)
Declension
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References

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  1. ^ Ragnvald Iversen, Norrøn grammatikk, sjette rev. utgave 1961; p. 209