hjarn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hjarn (“hard frozen snow, frozen earth covered with snow”), from Proto-Germanic *herzną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çartn/
• Rhymes: -artn, -atn

Noun

hjarn n (genitive singular hjarns, no plural)

1. a crust of snow, hard frozen snow

   Snjórinn verður að hjarni.

   The snow freezes over.

Declension

Declension of hjarn (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	hjarn	hjarnið
accusative	hjarn	hjarnið
dative	hjarni	hjarninu
genitive	hjarns	hjarnsins

See also

• snjór

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *herzną.

Noun

hjarn n

1. hard frozen snow

Descendants

• Icelandic: hjarn
• ⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: jarnnatt
• ⇒? Swedish: järnnatt

Further reading

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