Dáinn

See also: dáinn

Old Norse

Etymology

Compare dáinn, from deyja (“to die”), thus meaning "Dead-like One".

Proper noun

Dáinn m (genitive Dáins)

1. (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf
2. (Norse mythology) One of four stags that live around Yggdrasil and feed on the tree's branches

Inflection

  Declension of Dáinn (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)

masculine	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Dáinn
accusative	Dáin
dative	Dáni
genitive	Dáins

Descendants

• Icelandic: Dáinn
• Faroese: Dáin
• Norwegian Nynorsk: Dåen, Dåin
• Swedish: Dåen
• Danish: Dåin

See also

• Dvalinn
• Duneyrr
• Duraþrór