danir
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *daniz (“a Dane”).
Noun
danir m pl
- 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
- English: Dane
- → Latin: Danī pl
References
- danir in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press