vinr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚹᛁᚾᛁᛉ (winiz), from Proto-Germanic *winiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to seek, desire, love, win”). Compare Old English wine, Old Frisian wine, Old Saxon wini, Old High German wini.

Noun

vinr m (genitive vinar, plural vinir)

friend

Declension

Declension of vinr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vinr	vinrinn	vinir	vinirnir
accusative	vin	vininn	vini	vinina
dative	vin	vininum	vinum	vinunum
genitive	vinar	vinarins	vina	vinanna

Descendants

Danish: ven
Faroese: vinur
Icelandic: vinur
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: venn
- Nynorsk: venn, ven
Swedish: vän

References

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

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