Njǫrðr
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *Nerþuz, of unknown origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr (“power, vitality, force”).[1] More at Njörðr, Njörun, and Nerthus.
Proper noun edit
Njǫrðr m
Declension edit
Declension of Njǫrðr (strong u-stem, indefinite singular only)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: Njörður
- Faroese: Njørður
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Njord
- Swedish: Njärd, Njord
- Danish: Njørd, Njord
- → English: Njorth, Njord
References edit
- ^ Vigfússon, Guðbrandur (1874). An Icelandic-English Dictionary: Based on the Ms. Collections of the Late Richard Cleasby