hvǫnn

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See also: hvonn, hvönn, and hvønn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwannō (whence also Northern Sami faddnu (“angelica”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwenHdʰ-.

Noun

hvǫnn f (genitive hvannar, plural hvannir)

  1. angelica (genus Angelica)

Declension

Declension of hvǫnn (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hvǫnn hvǫnnin hvannir hvannirnar
accusative hvǫnn hvǫnnina hvannir hvannirnar
dative hvǫnn hvǫnninni hvǫnnum hvǫnnunum
genitive hvannar hvannarinnar hvanna hvannanna

Descendants

  • Danish: kvan c, kvanne c
  • Faroese: hvonn f
  • Icelandic: hvönn f
  • Norwegian (Nynorsk): kvann f, kvanne f or m
  • Swedish: kvanne c, kvann c (in dialects also kvanna f)
  • → Greenlandic: kuaneq


Further reading

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