þerna
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Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
þerna f (genitive singular þernu, nominative plural þernur)
- maid, girl, female servant
- attendant, stewardess
Declension[edit]
declension of þerna
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
þerna f (genitive singular þernu, nominative plural þernur)
Declension[edit]
declension of þerna
Hyponyms[edit]
- kría (“arctic tern”)
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Related to sense 2 (“maid servant”).
Noun[edit]
þerna f
Declension[edit]
Declension of þerna (weak ōn-stem)
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: þerna
- Faroese: terna
- Norwegian Bokmål: terne m or f
- Norwegian Nynorsk: terne f
- Swedish: tärna c
- Danish: tærne c
References[edit]
- þerna in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “tern”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Old Saxon thiorna.
Noun[edit]
þerna f
Declension[edit]
Declension of þerna (weak ōn-stem)
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: þerna
- Faroese: terna
- Norwegian:
- Old Swedish: thærna
- Swedish: tärna c
- Danish: tærne
- →? Middle English: therne, thierne, tharne, tarne
References[edit]
- þerna in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at 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
- Icelandic countable nouns
- is:Birds
- 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