bjǫrn

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See also: Bjǫrn, bjørn, Bjørn, björn, and Björn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of *berô, whence also Old English beorn (“warrior”).

Noun

bjǫrn m (genitive bjarnar, dative birni, plural birnir)

  1. bear (animal)

Declension

  Declension of bjǫrn (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bjǫrn bjǫrninn birnir birnirnir
accusative bjǫrn bjǫrninn bjǫrnu bjǫrnuna
dative birni birninum bjǫrnum bjǫrnunum
genitive bjarnar bjarnarins bjarna bjarnanna

Descendants

  • Danish: bjørn c
  • Faroese: bjørn f
  • Icelandic: björn m

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  • Norwegian Bokmål: bjørn m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bjørn, bjønn m
  • Swedish: björn c
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