hjarn

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse hjarn (“hard frozen snow, frozen earth covered with snow”), from Proto-Germanic *herzną.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

hjarn n (genitive singular hjarns, no plural)

  1. a crust of snow, hard frozen snow
    Snjórinn verður að hjarni.
    The snow freezes over.

Declension[edit]

declension of hjarn
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative hjarn hjarnið
accusative hjarn hjarnið
dative hjarni hjarninu
genitive hjarns hjarnsins

See also[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *herzną.

Noun[edit]

hjarn n

  1. hard frozen snow

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: hjarn
  • ⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: jarnnatt

References[edit]

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