mœnir

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mōnijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mōn-ie-, from *men- (“to stand out”).

Noun

mœnir m (genitive mœnis)

ridge of a roof

Declension

Declension of mœnir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mœnir	mœnirinn	mœnar	mœnarnir
accusative	mœni	mœninn	mœna	mœnana
dative	mœni	mœninum	mœnum	mœnunum
genitive	mœnis	mœnisins	mœna	mœnanna

Descendants

Norwegian Nynorsk: møne n
Norwegian Bokmål: møne n

References

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

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