dǿmi

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• dœmi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną (“to judge”), whence also dǿma.

Noun

dǿmi n (genitive dǿmis)

1. proof, reason
2. incident, fact
3. tale, story
4. quotation
5. example for imitation, model
6. example, instant, precedent

Declension

Declension of dǿmi (strong ija-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dǿmi	dǿmit	dǿmi	dǿmin
accusative	dǿmi	dǿmit	dǿmi	dǿmin
dative	dǿmi	dǿminu	dǿmum	dǿmunum
genitive	dǿmis	dǿmisins	dǿma	dǿmanna

Related terms

• dómr
• dǿma

Descendants

• Icelandic: dæmi
  • → Swedish: däme
• Norwegian Bokmål: døme, -dømme
• Norwegian Nynorsk: døme
• Old Swedish: dø̄me
  • Swedish: döme
• Danish: døme

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “dœmi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 101; also available at the Internet Archive
• “dǿmi” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen