brunnr

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Old Norse[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

bruðr

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *brunnaz.

Noun[edit]

brunnr m

a spring
a well

Declension[edit]

Declension of brunnr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	brunnr	brunnrinn	brunnar	brunnarnir
accusative	brunn	brunninn	brunna	brunnana
dative	brunni	brunninum	brunnum	brunnunum
genitive	brunns	brunnsins	brunna	brunnanna

Descendants[edit]

Icelandic: brunnur
Faroese: brunnur, bruður
Norwegian Nynorsk: brunn
Old Swedish: brunder, brynder
- Swedish: brunn
Danish: brønd
- Norwegian Bokmål: brønn
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: brønn
Scanian: brønn
→ Scots: broonie; brin

References[edit]

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

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