nafn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nafn, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /napn/

  Rhymes: -apn

Noun

nafn n (genitive singular nafns, nominative plural nöfn)

1. a name

Declension

declension of nafn

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nafn	nafnið	nöfn	nöfnin
accusative	nafn	nafnið	nöfn	nöfnin
dative	nafni	nafninu	nöfnum	nöfnunum
genitive	nafns	nafnsins	nafna	nafnanna

Derived terms

• að nafni
• eftirnafn
• eiginnafn
• fornafn
• gælunafn
• í nafni
• nafnbót
• skírnarnafn
• ættarnafn

 

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• naβn — Old East Norse
• namn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *namô (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Cognate with Old English nama, noma, Old Frisian noma, Old Saxon namo, Old Dutch namo, Old High German namo, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 (namō).

Noun

nafn n (genitive nafns, plural nǫfn)

1. name, title

   konungs nafn

   the title of king

   (literally, “king’s name”)

Declension

  Declension of nafn (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nafn	nafnit	nǫfn	nǫfnin
accusative	nafn	nafnit	nǫfn	nǫfnin
dative	nafni	nafninu	nǫfnum	nǫfnunum
genitive	nafns	nafnsins	nafna	nafnanna

Related terms

• nefna (“to name”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: nafn
• Faroese: navn
• Norn: namn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nabn, namn
• Old Swedish: nampn
  • Swedish: namn
• Old Danish: nafn, nauæn
  • Danish: navn
    • Norwegian Bokmål: navn
• Gutnish: namn

References

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