ár – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of ár

Noun: ár
Gender: n f

Nominative

Sg. Indef.ár
Sg. Def.árit; árin
Pl. Indef.ár; árar
Pl. Def.árin; árarnar

Genitive

Sg. Indef.árs; árar
Sg. Def.ársins; árarinnar
Pl. Indef.ára
Pl. Def.áranna

Dative

Sg. Indef.ári; ár
Sg. Def.árinu; árinni
Pl. Indef.árum
Pl. Def.árunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.ár
Sg. Def.árit; árina
Pl. Indef.ár; árar
Pl. Def.árin; árarnar

Sample Sentences

  • […] undorn ok aptan, / árum at telja. ([…] undern and evening, / years to count.) [Vǫluspá, verse 6, lines 9-10, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2]
  • […] þvíat þá var bæði ár og friðr. ([…] since then there were both plenty and peace.) [Saga Sigurðar Jórsalafara 53, in 1832, R. Rask, Fornmanna sögur, Volume VII. Copenhagen, page 174]

Nouns inflected like ár

ár,

Etymology

1. From Proto-Norse *ᛃᚨᚱᚨ (*jara, “year; plenty”), from Proto-Germanic *jērą (“year; plenty”). Cognate with Old English ġēar (English year), Old Frisian jār, Old Saxon jār, Old Dutch jār, Old High German jār, Gothic 𐌾𐌴𐍂 (jēr).
2. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁r- (“year”). See: English Nouns 'year', Gothic Nouns '𐌾𐌴𐍂'.

Verbs referencing "ár"

English Nouns oar, Danish Nouns år, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns år, Swedish Nouns år, Faroese Nouns ár, Icelandic Nouns ár, Swedish Nouns åra, Latvian Nouns airis, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns åå, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns ddmmåå, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns ddmmåååå, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns DDMMÅÅ, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns DDMMÅÅÅÅ.

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