Noun: vitnir
Gender: m
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | vitnir |
| Sg. Def. | vitnirinn |
| Pl. Indef. | vitnar |
| Pl. Def. | vitnarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | vitnis |
| Sg. Def. | vitnisins |
| Pl. Indef. | vitna |
| Pl. Def. | vitnanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | vitni |
| Sg. Def. | vitninum |
| Pl. Indef. | vitnum |
| Pl. Def. | vitnunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | vitni |
| Sg. Def. | vitninn |
| Pl. Indef. | vitna |
| Pl. Def. | vitnana |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like vitnir
brynnir,
einir,
endir,
elrir,
mœnir,
ræsir,
vísir,
vegvísir,
myrðir,
beinir,
þyrnir,
lǫgðir,
þerrir,
hilmir,
hirðir,
hellir,
hersir,
stillir,
vitnir,
reynir, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Unclear; no Germanic cognates are known.
2. However, possibly connected to Hittite 𒄷𒄿𒋫𒅈 (ḫu-i-ta-ar /ḫwitar/, “wild animal, game”) (gen.sg. 𒄷𒀉𒈾𒀸 (ḫu-it-na-aš /ḫwitnas/)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weyd- (“to be alive”), as found also in Luwian, e.g. 𒄷𒄿𒁺𒉿𒇷𒅖 (ḫu-i-du-wa-li-iš /ḫwitwalis/, “alive”).
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