baun

See also: Baun

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse baun, from Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pøyːn/
• Rhymes: -øyːn

Noun

baun f (genitive singular baunar, nominative plural baunir)

1. bean, pea

Declension

declension of baun

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	baun	baunin	baunir	baunirnar
accusative	baun	baunina	baunir	baunirnar
dative	baun	bauninni	baunum	baununum
genitive	baunar	baunarinnar	bauna	baunanna

Derived terms

• baunagras (sea pea, )
• baunir (lentil soup)
• ekki baun, ekki baun í bala (not at all, not a whit)

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Compare Old English bean (English bean), Old Frisian bāne (West Frisian bean), Old Saxon bōna (Low German Bohn), Dutch boon, Old High German bōna (German Bohne).

Noun

baun f

1. bean

Descendants

• Icelandic: baun
• Faroese: bøna
• Norwegian: baune (added -e under Middle Low German influence)
• Old Swedish: bøn, bø̄n, bø̄na
  • Swedish: böna (added -a under Middle Low German influence)
• Danish: (added -e under Middle Low German influence) bønne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bønne
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: bønne
  • → Faroese: bøn, bøna

References

• “baun”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press