hlynr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hluniz (“maple”).

Noun

hlynr m (genitive hlyns, plural hlynir)

1. maple

   Synonym: mǫpurr

Declension

Declension of hlynr (strong i-stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hlynr	hlynrinn	hlynir	hlynirnir
accusative	hlyn	hlyninn	hlyni	hlynina
dative	hlyn	hlyninum	hlynum	hlynunum
genitive	hlyns	hlynsins	hlyna	hlynanna

Descendants

• Danish: løn c
• Faroese: lynur m
• Icelandic: hlynur m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: løn m or f, lønn m or f
• Norwegian Bokmål: lønn m or f
• Swedish: lönn c

Further reading

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