baun

See also: Baun

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse baun, from Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pøyːn/
Rhymes: -øyːn

Noun

baun f (genitive singular baunar, nominative plural baunir)

bean, pea

Declension

declension of baun

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-s2	singular		plural
nominative	baun	baunin	baunir	baunirnar
accusative	baun	baunina	baunir	baunirnar
dative	baun	bauninni	baunum	baununum
genitive	baunar	baunarinnar	bauna	baunanna

Derived terms

baunagras (sea pea, Lathyrus japonicus)
baunir (lentil soup)
ekki baun, ekki baun í bala (not at all, not a whit)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Compare Old English bean (English bean), Old Frisian bāne (West Frisian bean), Old Saxon bōna (Low German Bohn), Dutch boon, Old High German bōna (German Bohne).

Noun

baun f

bean

Descendants

Icelandic: baun
Faroese: bøna
Norwegian: baune (added -e under Middle Low German influence)
Old Swedish: bø̄n, bø̄na
- Swedish: böna (added -a under Middle Low German influence)
Danish: bønne (added -e under Middle Low German influence)
- → Faroese: bøn
- → Norwegian: bønne

References

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

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