annarr

Old Norse

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Cardinal: tveir     Ordinal: annarr     Adverbial: tysvar, tvisvar, tvesor     Multiplier: tvífaldr     Distributive: tvennr     Collective: báðir     Fractional: halfr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“second, other”). Cognate with Old English ōþer, Old Frisian ōther, Old Saxon ōthar, Old Dutch andar, ander, Old High German andar, Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar).

Adjective

annarr (not comparable)

1. other, another, second, next
2. one of two

   ef annarr verðr sárr

   if one of the two is injured

   Stóðu þá upp hafrarnir, ok var þá annarr haltr eftra fæti.

   The he-goats then stood up, and one of the two was halt in the hindmost foot.

Declension

    Strong declension of annarr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	annarr	ǫnnur	annat
accusative	annan	aðra	annat
dative	ǫðrum	annarri	ǫðru
genitive	annars	annarrar	annars
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aðrir	aðrar	ǫnnur
accusative	aðra	aðrar	ǫnnur
dative	ǫðrum	ǫðrum	ǫðrum
genitive	annarra	annarra	annarra

Descendants

• Icelandic: annar
• Faroese: annar, aðrar
• Norwegian Nynorsk: annan
• Jamtish: æðnen, ænnen
• Old Swedish: annar
  • Swedish: annan, andra; annor (obsolete, in compounds)
• Danish: anden
  • Norwegian Bokmål: annen

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “annarr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive