ætni

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

Related to ætr (“edible”) and eta (“to eat”), át- +‎ -i (“abstract noun suffix; -ness”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun edit

ætni f

gluttony

Declension edit

Declension of ætni (weak īn-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
feminine	indefinite	definite
nominative	ætni	ætnin
accusative	ætni	ætnina
dative	ætni	ætninni
genitive	ætni	ætninnar

Derived terms edit

ætnilǫstr

References edit

ætni in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.