mœnir

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *mōnijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mōn-ie-, from *men- (“to stand out”).

Noun[edit]

mœnir m (genitive mœnis)

ridge of a roof

Declension[edit]

Declension of mœnir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mœnir	mœnirinn	mœnar	mœnarnir
accusative	mœni	mœninn	mœna	mœnana
dative	mœni	mœninum	mœnum	mœnunum
genitive	mœnis	mœnisins	mœna	mœnanna

Descendants[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk: møne n
Norwegian Bokmål: møne n

References[edit]

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

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