morginn

Old Norse

Alternative forms

morgunn, myrginn, myrgunn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *murginaz (“morning”). Cognate with Old English morġen, Old Frisian morgen, Old Saxon morgan, Old High German morgan, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins). See also Finnish murkina. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko (“to blink, twinkle”).

Pronunciation

(12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈmorɣinː/

Noun

morginn m (genitive morgins, plural morgnar)

morning
- Saga Hákonar, Guttorms ok Inga 9, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IX. Copenhagen, page 21:
  […] betra þikki mér at hafa í nótt XIV skútur til bæjarins, en hálfu fleiri á myrgun.
  […] better methinks to have fourteen sailboats here at night, but a half more in the morning.

Declension

Declension of morginn (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	morginn	morginninn	morgnar	morgnarnir
accusative	morgin	morgininn	morgna	morgnana
dative	morgni	morgninum	morgnum	morgnunum
genitive	morgins	morginsins	morgna	morgnanna

Derived terms

morgindǫgg (“morning dew”)
morgingjǫf (“bridal gift”)
morginligr (“matutinal”)
morginmatr (“breakfast”)
morginmál (“time of morning meal”)
morginroði (“morning-red”)
morginskin (“morning light”)
morginstjarna (“morning star”)
morginstund (“morning hour”)
morginsár (“early morning”)
morginsól (“rising sun”)
morgintími (“morning-time”)
morgintíðir (“matins”)
morginvakr (“early awake”)
morginveiðr (“morning catch”)
morginverk (“morning work”)
morgna, morna (“to become morning, dawn”)
mornan (“dawn”)

Descendants

Danish: morgen
Faroese: morgun
Icelandic: morgunn
Norwegian Bokmål: morgen
Norwegian Nynorsk: morgon
Swedish: morgon

References

morginn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
morginn in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
morginn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.