mœnir

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

mœnir m (genitive mœnis)

  1. ridge of a roof

Declension

Declension of mœnir (strong ija-stem)
masculine singular plural
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

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “mœnir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 307; also available at the Internet Archive
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