danir

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *daniz (“a Dane”).

Noun

danir m pl

  1. the Danes

Declension

  Declension of danir, (strong i-stem, s-genitive, plural only)
masculine plural
indefinite definite
nominative Danir Danirnir
accusative Dani Danina
dative Dǫnum Dǫnunum
genitive Dana Dananna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: Dani
  • Faroese: dani
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dane
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dane
  • Old Swedish: dan, dæn
  • Danish: daner c pl
  • → Middle English: Dane
  • → Latin: Danī pl

References

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