vanr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wanaz (“lacking, deficient, absent”), from Proto-Indo-European *wāno- (“wanting, lacking, deficient”), from Proto-Indo-European *ewā-, *ew- (“to be lacking, be empty”). Cognate with Old English wan, won, Old Frisian wan, won, Old Saxon wan, Old High German wan, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃 (wans).

Adjective

vanr (not comparable)

lacking, wanting

Declension

Strong declension of vanr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vanr	vǫn	vant
accusative	vanan	vana	vant
dative	vǫnum	vanri	vǫnu
genitive	vans	vanrar	vans
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vanir	vanar	vǫn
accusative	vana	vanar	vǫn
dative	vǫnum	vǫnum	vǫnum
genitive	vanra	vanra	vanra

Weak declension of vanr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vani	vana	vana
accusative	vana	vǫnu	vana
dative	vana	vǫnu	vana
genitive	vana	vǫnu	vana
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vǫnu	vǫnu	vǫnu
accusative	vǫnu	vǫnu	vǫnu
dative	vǫnum	vǫnum	vǫnum
genitive	vǫnu	vǫnu	vǫnu

Descendants

Faroese: vanur
Icelandic: vanur
Norwegian: van

Old Danish: van
Swedish: van

See also

van-

References

vanr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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