Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gjarn, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gjarn (comparative gjarnari, superlative gjarnastur)

  1. willing, eager, keen

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *gernaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (to yearn).

Adjective

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gjarn

  1. eager, desirous
    • 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 5:
      [] þás árgjǫrn / Jóta dolgi
      Svía kind / of sóa skyldi.
      [] Then, when the harvest-eager / kin of the Swedes
      had to sacrifice / the enemy of the Jutes.
  2. (with dative) willing to follow one

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: gjarn
  • Faroese: gjarnur
  • Old Swedish: giærn

References

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  • gjarn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press