vitni

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vitni, from Proto-Germanic *witniją (“witness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪhtnɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪhtnɪ

Noun

vitni n (genitive singular vitnis, nominative plural vitni)

1. witness

Declension

declension of vitni

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vitni	vitnið	vitni	vitnin
accusative	vitni	vitnið	vitni	vitnin
dative	vitni	vitninu	vitnum	vitnunum
genitive	vitnis	vitnisins	vitna	vitnanna

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Old Norse

Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *witniją (“witness”).

Noun

vitni n (genitive vitnis)

1. witness, testimony
2. evidence

Declension

  Declension of vitni (strong ija-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vitni	vitnit	vitni	vitnin
accusative	vitni	vitnit	vitni	vitnin
dative	vitni	vitninu	vitnum	vitnunum
genitive	vitnis	vitnisins	vitna	vitnanna

Related terms

• vitna (“to witness, testify”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: vitni
• Faroese: vitni
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vitne
• Norwegian Bokmål: vitne
• Swedish: vittne
• Danish: vidne

References

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