þerna
Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old Norse þerna.
Noun
[edit]þerna f (genitive singular þernu, nominative plural þernur)
- maid, girl, female servant
- attendant, stewardess
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | þerna | þernan | þernur | þernurnar |
| accusative | þernu | þernuna | þernur | þernurnar |
| dative | þernu | þernunni | þernum | þernunum |
| genitive | þernu | þernunnar | þerna | þernanna |
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]þerna f (genitive singular þernu, nominative plural þernur)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | þerna | þernan | þernur | þernurnar |
| accusative | þernu | þernuna | þernur | þernurnar |
| dative | þernu | þernunni | þernum | þernunum |
| genitive | þernu | þernunnar | þerna | þernanna |
Hyponyms
[edit]- kría (“arctic tern”)
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Related to sense 2 (“maid servant”).
Noun
[edit]þerna f
Declension
[edit]| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | þerna | þernan | þernur | þernurnar |
| accusative | þernu | þernuna | þernur | þernurnar |
| dative | þernu | þernunni | þernum | þernunum |
| genitive | þernu | þernunnar | þernna | þernnanna |
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: þerna
- Faroese: terna
- Norwegian Bokmål: terne m or f
- Norwegian Nynorsk: terne f
- Swedish: tärna c
- Danish: tærne c
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “þerna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 510; also available at the Internet Archive
- Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “tern”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Old Saxon thiorna.
Noun
[edit]þerna f
Declension
[edit]| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | þerna | þernan | þernur | þernurnar |
| accusative | þernu | þernuna | þernur | þernurnar |
| dative | þernu | þernunni | þernum | þernunum |
| genitive | þernu | þernunnar | þernna | þernnanna |
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: þerna
- Faroese: terna
- Norwegian:
- Old Swedish: thærna
- Swedish: tärna c
- Danish: tærne
- →? Middle English: therne, thierne, tharne, tarne
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “þerna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 510; also available at the Internet Archive
Categories:
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛrtna
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛrtna/2 syllables
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Saxon
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- is:Terns
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns
- Old Norse ōn-stem nouns
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Norse terms borrowed from Old Saxon
- Old Norse terms derived from Old Saxon
- non:Terns
- non:Birds
- non:Occupations