grunnr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *grunduz, originally a u-stem, but reanalyzed as an a-stem.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (12th Century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɡrũn.nr/

Noun[edit]

grunnr m (genitive grunns)

  1. bottom

Declension[edit]

  Declension of grunnr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grunnr grunnrinn grunnar grunnarnir
accusative grunn grunninn grunna grunnana
dative grunni grunninum grunnum grunnunum
genitive grunns grunnsins grunna grunnanna

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: grunnur
  • Faroese: grunnur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grunn

References[edit]

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