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járn

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See also: jarn and järn

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse járn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (blood).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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járn n (genitive singular járns, nominative plural járn)

  1. iron

Declension

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Declension of járn (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative járn járnið járn járnin
accusative járn járnið járn járnin
dative járni járninu járnum járnunum
genitive járns járnsins járna járnanna

Derived terms

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See also

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Jamtish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse járn, from Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (blood).

Pronunciation

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  • (Hammerdal, Ström) IPA(key): [¹jaːn̪]
  • (Berg, Klövsjö, Rätan) IPA(key): [¹jaːn̠]
  • (Most dialects) IPA(key): [¹jæːn̪], [¹jæːn̠]

Noun

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járn n

  1. iron

Declension

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *īsarną, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (blood). Cognate with Old English īsern and Old High German isarn.

Noun

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járn n

  1. iron

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: járn
  • Faroese: jarn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jarn
  • Jamtish: járn
  • Elfdalian: ienn
  • Old Swedish: iærn, iarn
  • Old Danish: jarn, iærn, iarn
  • Gutnish: jan

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “járn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive