Finnish

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Noun

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sannan

  1. genitive singular of santa

Icelandic

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Adjective

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sannan

  1. masculine singular accusative strong positive degree of sannur

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From sanna (assert, proof) +‎ -an, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōniz.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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sannan f (genitive sannanar, plural sannanir)

  1. assertation, confirmation
  2. proof
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: sannan, sönnun
  • Faroese: sannan

References

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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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sannan

  1. accusative singular masculine of saðr, sannr