myrginn
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- morginn, morgunn, myrgunn, merginn
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”).
Noun
myrginn m (genitive myrgins, plural myrgnar or myrnar)
- morning
Declension
Declension of myrginn (strong a-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | myrginn | myrginninn | myrgnar, myrnar | myrgnarnir, myrnarnir |
| accusative | myrgin | myrgininn | myrgna, myrna | myrgnana, myrnana |
| dative | myrgni, myrni | myrgninum, myrninum | myrgnum, myrnum | myrgnunum, myrnunum |
| genitive | myrgins | myrginsins | myrgna, myrna | myrgnanna, myrnanna |
Descendants
- Danish: morgen
- Faroese: morgun
- Icelandic: morgunn
- Norwegian Bokmål: morgen
- Norwegian Nynorsk: morgon
- Swedish: morgon
References
- myrginn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press