ǫnn

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See also: onn, önn, õnn, -œnn, and Onn

Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *azaniz, whence also German Ernte (harvest).

Noun

ǫnn f (genitive annar, plural annir)

  1. work, business, trouble
  2. (plural only) working season

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: önn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: onn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: onn
  • Old Swedish: an, and
    • Swedish: (archaic or dialectal) and, ann

Further reading

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