tjǫrn
See also: tjörn
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *ternō (“water hole”), perhaps related to *turnaz (“anger, fury”).
Noun edit
tjǫrn f (genitive tjarnar, plural tjarnir)
Declension edit
Declension of tjǫrn (strong i-stem)
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | tjǫrn | tjǫrnin | tjarnir | tjarnirnar |
| accusative | tjǫrn | tjǫrnina | tjarnir | tjarnirnar |
| dative | tjǫrn | tjǫrninni | tjǫrnum | tjǫrnunum |
| genitive | tjarnar | tjarnarinnar | tjarna | tjarnanna |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: tjörn
- Faroese: tjørn
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tjørn, tjønn, tjønn f, tjern, kjenn n
- → Scots: shon
- Jamtish: tjern
- Old Swedish: tiärn
- Swedish: tjärn
- Danish: tjern
- Norwegian Bokmål: tjern
- → Middle English: terne
References edit
- Entry "tjörn" on page 439 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).