unnr

Old Norse

FWOTD – 27 September 2013

Alternative forms

• uðr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *unþiz, *unþī (“wave”). Cognate with Old English ȳþ, Old Saxon ūthia, Old High German undea, unda.

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈũnːr̩/

Noun

unnr f (genitive unnar, plural unnir)

1. (poetic) a wave (an undulation in a body of water)
   • Vǫluspá, stanza 3, lines 3–4:

     […] vara sandr né sær
     né svalar unnir […]

     […] there was no sand nor sea
     nor gelid waves […]

Declension

Declension of unnr (strong ijō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	unnr	unnrin	unnir	unnirnar
accusative	unni	unnina	unnir	unnirnar
dative	unni	unninni	unnum	unnunum
genitive	unnar	unnarinnar	unna	unnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: unnur f

Further reading

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