unnr

Old Norse

FWOTD – 27 September 2013

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *unþiz, *unþī (“wave”). Cognate with Old English ȳþ, Old Saxon ūthia, Old High German undea, unda.

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈũnːr̩/

Noun

unnr f (genitive unnar, plural unnir)

  1. (poetic) a wave (an undulation in a body of water)
    • Vǫluspá, stanza 3, lines 3–4:
      […] vara sandr né sær
      né svalar unnir […]
      […] there was no sand nor sea
      nor gelid waves […]

Declension

Declension of unnr (strong ijō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative unnr unnrin unnir unnirnar
accusative unni unnina unnir unnirnar
dative unni unninni unnum unnunum
genitive unnar unnarinnar unna unnanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: unnur f

Further reading

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