kvæn
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kwēniz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).
Declension
Declension of kvæn (strong i-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kvæn | kvænin | kvænir | kvænirnar |
accusative | kvæn | kvænina | kvænir | kvænirnar |
dative | kvæn | kvæninni | kvænum | kvænunum |
genitive | kvænar | kvænarinnar | kvæna | kvænanna |
References
- kvæn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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