From Old Norse fornafn, from for- (“pre-, previous, before”) + nafn (“name”). The grammatical sense is a calque of Latin prōnōmen.
fornafn n (genitive singular fornafns, nominative plural fornöfn)
Declension of fornafn | ||||
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n-s | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fornafn | fornafnið | fornöfn | fornöfnin |
accusative | fornafn | fornafnið | fornöfn | fornöfnin |
dative | fornafni | fornafninu | fornöfnum | fornöfnunum |
genitive | fornafns | fornafnsins | fornafna | fornafnanna |