ǫrn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "orn"

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *arô, whence also Old English earn (English erne), Old Saxon arn.

Noun

ǫrn m (genitive arnar, dative erni, plural ernir)

1. eagle

Declension

  Declension of ǫrn (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ǫrn	ǫrninn	ernir	ernirnir
accusative	ǫrn	ǫrninn	ǫrnu	ǫrnuna
dative	erni	erninum	ǫrnum	ǫrnunum
genitive	arnar	arnarins	arna	arnanna

• ᛅᚱᚾᛁ (arni /⁠ęrni⁠/) — dative singular, Runic form

Derived terms

• Arnhǫfði (“Odin”, literally “eagle-headed one”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: örn
• Faroese: ørn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ørn
• Elfdalian: örn
• Old Swedish: ørn
  • Swedish: örn
• Old Danish: ørn
  • Danish: ørn
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ørn
  • Scanian: ǫrn
• Gutnish: ann, örn