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Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Old Norse -n- + -aðr.
This is the result of a wrong segmentation: when the word stem had a final n, the speakers thought that the n was part of a -naðr suffix. For example, jafn-aðr was re-interpreted as jaf-naðr.
Suffix
-naðr
- suffix used to create nouns, particularly from verbs, but also from adjectives
Declension
Declension of -naðr (strong u-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Suffix
-naðr
- past participle of -na (inchoative verb suffix)
Declension
Strong declension of -naðr
References
- ^ Ragnvald Iversen, Norrøn grammatikk, sjette rev. utgave 1961; p. 209