jafndœgri

Old Norse

Etymology

From jafn- +‎ dœgri, calque of Latin aequinoctium.

Noun

jafndœgri n

1. equinox

Declension

  Declension of jafndœgri (strong ija-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jafndœgri	jafndœgrit	jafndœgri	jafndœgrin
accusative	jafndœgri	jafndœgrit	jafndœgri	jafndœgrin
dative	jafndœgri	jafndœgrinu	jafndœgrum	jafndœgrunum
genitive	jafndœgris	jafndœgrisins	jafndœgra	jafndœgranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: jafndægur
• Faroese: javndøgur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: jamdøger
• → Northern Sami: jándor

References

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