vænn

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse vænn.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

vænn (comparative vænni, superlative vænstur)

  1. (of people) kind, good
  2. (of animals) hefty, sturdy

Declension[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *wēniz, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-, the same root as vinr.

Adjective[edit]

vænn (comparative vænni, superlative vænstr)

  1. likely, to be expected
  2. bidding fair, likely to succeed
  3. (of persons) hopeful, promising
  4. fine, beautiful

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: vænn
  • Faroese: vænur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: væn, ven; (dialectal) vén’e
  • Swedish: vän
  • Danish: væn
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ven

References[edit]

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