jafndœgri

Old Norse

Etymology

From jafn- +‎ dœgri, calque of Latin aequinoctium.

Noun

jafndœgri n

1. equinox

Declension

  Declension of jafndœgri (strong ija-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jafndœgri	jafndœgrit	jafndœgri	jafndœgrin
accusative	jafndœgri	jafndœgrit	jafndœgri	jafndœgrin
dative	jafndœgri	jafndœgrinu	jafndœgrum	jafndœgrunum
genitive	jafndœgris	jafndœgrisins	jafndœgra	jafndœgranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: jafndægur
• Faroese: javndøgur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: jamdøger
• → Northern Sami: jándor

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “jafndœgri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 232; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

1. page/232 Internet Archive]