nafni
See also: -nafni
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnapnɪ/
- Rhymes: -apnɪ
Noun
nafni m (genitive singular nafna, nominative plural nafnar)
- a male that has the same name as another; namesake
- 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
- Krummi krunkar úti,
- kallar á nafna sinn:
- „Ég fann höfud af hrúti
- hrygg og gæruskinn.“
- Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
- krummi nafni minn.
- “Krummi croaks outside,
- calling his namesake:
- ‘I found the head of a ram,
- backbone and sheepskin.’
- Come now and peck with me,
- Krummi, my namesake.”
- Hvað segirðu gott nafni.
- How are you?
- 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
Declension
Derived terms
Derived terms
- alnafni
- hálfnafni
- -nafni
- samnafni
See also
- nafna (female equivalent)
Old Norse
Declension
Related terms
- nafn n (“name”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: nafni
References
- nafni in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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