myrginn
Appearance
Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]myrginn m (genitive myrgins, plural myrgnar or myrnar)
Declension
[edit] Declension of myrginn (strong a-stem)
masculine | singular | plural | ||
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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
[edit]References
[edit]- “myrginn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press