ván – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of ván

Noun: ván
Gender: f

Nominative

Sg. Indef.ván
Sg. Def.vánin
Pl. Indef.vánir
Pl. Def.vánirnar

Genitive

Sg. Indef.vánar
Sg. Def.vánarinnar
Pl. Indef.vána
Pl. Def.vánanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.ván
Sg. Def.váninni
Pl. Indef.vánum
Pl. Def.vánunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.ván
Sg. Def.vánina
Pl. Indef.vánir
Pl. Def.vánirnar

Sample Sentences

  • ...þá er allar vánir vóru rannsakaðar... (...when all the expected places were searched...) [1387 AD, “Óláfs saga helga”, in the Flateyjarbók:]

Nouns inflected like ván

jórsalaferð, þjónkan, auralykt, ón, ásjón, þurft, deyfð, drótt, fjǫld, feigð, fylgð, grein, burst, hlust, hrygð, hvíld, hátíð, átt, ást, ætt, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wēniz.

Verbs referencing "ván"

Old English Nouns wen, Icelandic Nouns von, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns von, English Nouns wone, Middle English Nouns iwon, Swedish Nouns vån.

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