hlunnr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hluðr

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-, related to hjalt, hildr, holt.

Noun

hlunnr m (genitive hlunns, plural hlunnar)

1. a roller for launching and drawing up ships

Declension

Declension of hlunnr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hlunnr, hluðr	hlunnrinn, hluðrinn	hlunnar	hlunnarnir
accusative	hlunn	hlunninn	hlunna	hlunnana
dative	hlunni	hlunninum	hlunnum	hlunnunum
genitive	hlunns	hlunnsins	hlunna	hlunnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hlunnur
• Faroese: lunnur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lunn
• Norwegian Bokmål: lunn

Further reading

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