ǫnn

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See also: onn, önn, õnn, and -œnn

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *azaniz, whence also German Ernte (“harvest”).

Noun[edit]

ǫnn f (genitive annar, plural annir)

  1. work, business, trouble
  2. (plural only) working season

Declension[edit]

  Declension of ǫnn (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ǫnn ǫnnin annir annirnar
accusative ǫnn ǫnnina annir annirnar
dative ǫnn ǫnninni ǫnnum ǫnnunum
genitive annar annarinnar anna annanna

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: önn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: onn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: onn
  • Old Swedish: an, and
    • Swedish: (archaic or dialectal) and, ann

References[edit]

  • ǫnn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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