grǫn

Megleno-Romanian

Alternative forms

• gron, grăn

Etymology

From Latin granum. Compare Aromanian grãn, Romanian grâu.

Noun

grǫn n

1. grain

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *granō (“awn”).

Noun

grǫn f (genitive granar, plural granar)

1. spruce, pine tree
2. mustache, lip

Declension

  Declension of grǫn (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	grǫn	grǫnin	granar	granarnar
accusative	grǫn	grǫnina	granar	granarnar
dative	grǫn	grǫninni	grǫnum	grǫnunum
genitive	granar	granarinnar	grana	grananna

Descendants

• Icelandic: grön
• Faroese: gron, grann
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gran, gron; (dialectal) grøn
• Elfdalian: grån
• Old Swedish: gran, græn
  • Swedish: gran c or f
• Danish: gran c
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gran m or f
• ⇒ Old Norse: greni
  • Icelandic: greni
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grene

References

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