gunnr

See also: Gunnr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• guðr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gunþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis (“act of killing, blow”), from *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”).

Noun

gunnr f (genitive gunnar, dative gunni)

1. battle, war

Declension

Declension of gunnr (strong ijō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gunnr	gunnrin	gunnar	gunnarnar
accusative	gunni	gunnina	gunnar	gunnarnar
dative	gunni	gunninni	gunnum	gunnunum
genitive	gunnar	gunnarinnar	gunna	gunnanna

Derived terms

• gunnfani m (“war standard”)
• gunnveggr m (“shield-wall”)
• Gunnr f
• Gunnarr m
• Guðrún f

Related terms

• bani

Descendants

• Icelandic: gunnur

Further reading

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