myrginn

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

myrginn m (genitive myrgins, plural myrgnar or myrnar)

  1. 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
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