-naðr
Appearance
Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]-naðr
- suffix used to create nouns, particularly from verbs, but also from adjectives
Declension
[edit] Declension of -naðr (strong u-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: -naður, -nuður
- Faroese: -naður
- Norwegian: -nad
- Old Swedish: -naþer, -nadher
- Swedish: -nad
- Danish: -ne
Etymology 2
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-naðr
- past participle of -na (inchoative verb suffix)
Declension
[edit] Strong declension of -naðr
Weak declension of -naðr
References
[edit]- ^ Ragnvald Iversen, Norrøn grammatikk, sjette rev. utgave 1961; p. 209