myrginn

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• morginn, morgunn, myrgunn, merginn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *murginaz (“morning”). Cognate with Old English myrġen, morgen; Old Frisian morgen; Old Saxon morgan; Old High German morgan; Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins). See also Finnish murkina. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *merkʷ- (“to blink, twinkle”).

Noun

myrginn m (genitive myrgins, plural myrgnar or myrnar)

1. morning

Declension

Declension of myrginn (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	myrginn	myrginninn	myrgnar, myrnar	myrgnarnir, myrnarnir
accusative	myrgin	myrgininn	myrgna, myrna	myrgnana, myrnana
dative	myrgni, myrni	myrgninum, myrninum	myrgnum, myrnum	myrgnunum, myrnunum
genitive	myrgins	myrginsins	myrgna, myrna	myrgnanna, myrnanna

Descendants

• Danish: morgen
• Faroese: morgun
• Icelandic: morgunn
• Norwegian Bokmål: morgen
• Norwegian Nynorsk: morgon
• Swedish: morgon

Further reading

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