ǫnn

See also: onn, önn, õnn, and -œnn

Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *azaniz, whence also German Ernte (“harvest”).

Noun

ǫnn f (genitive annar, plural annir)

1. work, business, trouble
2. (plural only) working season

Declension

  Declension of ǫnn (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ǫnn	ǫnnin	annir	annirnar
accusative	ǫnn	ǫnnina	annir	annirnar
dative	ǫnn	ǫnninni	ǫnnum	ǫnnunum
genitive	annar	annarinnar	anna	annanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: önn
• Norwegian: onn (Bokmål), onn (Nynorsk)

References

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