nafn – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of nafn

Noun: nafn
Gender: n

Nominative

Sg. Indef.nafn
Sg. Def.nafnit
Pl. Indef.nǫfn
Pl. Def.nǫfnin

Genitive

Sg. Indef.nafns
Sg. Def.nafnsins
Pl. Indef.nafna
Pl. Def.nafnanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.nafni
Sg. Def.nafninu
Pl. Indef.nǫfnum
Pl. Def.nǫfnunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.nafn
Sg. Def.nafnit
Pl. Indef.nǫfn
Pl. Def.nǫfnin

Sample Sentences

  • konungs nafn (the title of king)

Nouns inflected like nafn

nafn,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *namô (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Cognate with Old English nama, noma, Old Frisian noma, Old Saxon namo, Old Dutch namo, Old High German namo, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 (namō). See: Old English Nouns 'nama', Gothic Nouns '𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉'.

Verbs referencing "nafn"

Swedish Nouns namn, Icelandic Nouns nafn, Danish Nouns navn, Faroese Nouns navn, Gothic Nouns 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns nabn.

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