Noun: morginn
Gender: m
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | morginn |
| Sg. Def. | morginninn |
| Pl. Indef. | morgnar; mornar |
| Pl. Def. | morgnarnir; mornarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | morgins |
| Sg. Def. | morginsins |
| Pl. Indef. | morgna; morna |
| Pl. Def. | morgnanna; mornanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | morgni; morni |
| Sg. Def. | morgninum; morninum |
| Pl. Indef. | morgnum; mornum |
| Pl. Def. | morgnunum; mornunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | morgin |
| Sg. Def. | morgininn |
| Pl. Indef. | morgna; morna |
| Pl. Def. | morgnana; mornana |
Sample Sentences
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[…] betra þikki mér at hafa í nótt XIV skútur til bæjarins, en hálfu fleiri á myrgun. ([…] better methinks to have fourteen sailboats here at night, but a half more in the morning.) [Saga Hákonar, Guttorms ok Inga 9, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IX. Copenhagen, page 21]
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *murginaz (“morning”). Cognate with Old English morġen, Old Frisian morgen, Old Saxon morgan, Old High German morgan, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins). See also Finnish murkina. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *merkʷ- (“to blink, twinkle”). See: Old English Nouns '
morġen', Gothic Nouns '
𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃', Finnish Nouns '
murkina'.
Verbs referencing "morginn"
Faroese Nouns
morgun, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
morgen.
Translations