Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse nafn, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nafn n (genitive singular nafns, nominative plural nöfn)

  1. a name

Declension

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    Declension of nafn
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nafn nafnið nöfn nöfnin
accusative nafn nafnið nöfn nöfnin
dative nafni nafninu nöfnum nöfnunum
genitive nafns nafnsins nafna nafnanna

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *namô (name), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (name). Cognate with Old English nama, noma, Old Frisian noma, Old Saxon namo, Old Dutch namo, Old High German namo, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 (namō).

Noun

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nafn n (genitive nafns, plural nǫfn)

  1. name, title
    konungs nafn
    the title of king
    (literally, “king’s name”)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: nafn
  • Faroese: navn
  • Norn: namn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nabn, namn
  • Old Swedish: nampn
  • Old Danish: nafn, nauæn
  • Gutnish: namn

References

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