bjǫrn

See also Bjǫrn, bjørn, Bjørn, björn, and Björn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of *berô, whence also Old English beorn (“warrior”).

Noun

bjǫrn m (genitive bjarnar, dative birni, plural birnir)

1. bear (animal)

Declension

    declension of bjǫrn

	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bjǫrn	bjǫrninn	birnir	birnirnir
Accusative	bjǫrn	bjǫrninn	bjǫrnu	bjǫrnuna
Dative	birni	birninum	bjǫrnum	bjǫrnunum
Genitive	bjarnar	bjarnarins	bjarna	bjarnanna

Descendants

Danish: bjørn c Faroese: bjørn f Icelandic: björn m

Norwegian (nynorsk): bjørn m, bjønn m Swedish: björn c