fornnordisk

Swedish

Etymology

From forn (“belonging to the (ancient) past”) +‎ nordisk (“Nordic”).

Adjective

fornnordisk (comparative mer fornnordisk, superlative mest fornnordisk)

  1. relating to the distant past of the Nordic region, especially the Viking Age; Norse
  2. relating to the Old Norse language

Declension

Inflection of fornnordisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular fornnordisk mer fornnordisk mest fornnordisk
neuter singular fornnordiskt mer fornnordiskt mest fornnordiskt
plural fornnordiska mer fornnordiska mest fornnordiska
masculine plural2 fornnordiske mer fornnordiska mest fornnordiska
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 fornnordiske mer fornnordiske mest fornnordiske
all fornnordiska mer fornnordiska mest fornnordiska

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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