gunnr

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

guðr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gunþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis (“act of killing, blow”), from *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”).

Noun

gunnr f (genitive gunnar, dative gunni)

battle, war

Declension

Declension of gunnr (strong ijō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gunnr	gunnrin	gunnar	gunnarnar
accusative	gunni	gunnina	gunnar	gunnarnar
dative	gunni	gunninni	gunnum	gunnunum
genitive	gunnar	gunnarinnar	gunna	gunnanna

Derived terms

gunnfani m (“war standard”)
gunnveggr m (“shield-wall”)
Gunnr f
Gunnarr m
Guðrún f

Related terms

bani

Descendants

Icelandic: gunnur

References

“gunnr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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