morginn

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

morgunn, merginn, myrginn, myrgunn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *murginaz (“morning”). Cognate with Old English morġen, Old Frisian morgen, Old Saxon morgan, Old High German morgan, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins). See also Finnish murkina. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *merkʷ- (“to blink, twinkle”).

Pronunciation

(12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈmõrɣɪ̃nː/

Noun

morginn m (genitive morgins, plural morgnar)

morning
- Saga Hákonar, Guttorms ok Inga 9, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IX. Copenhagen, page 21:
  betra þikki mér at hafa í nótt XIV skútur til bæjarins, en hálfu fleiri á myrgun.
  
  better methinks to have fourteen sailboats here at night, but a half more in the morning.

Declension

Declension of morginn (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	morginn	morginninn	morgnar, mornar	morgnarnir, mornarnir
accusative	morgin	morgininn	morgna, morna	morgnana, mornana
dative	morgni, morni	morgninum, morninum	morgnum, mornum	morgnunum, mornunum
genitive	morgins	morginsins	morgna, morna	morgnanna, mornanna

Note the dropping of "g" in the plural and dative singular forms

Derived terms

morgindǫgg (“morning dew”)
morgingjǫf (“bridal gift”)
morginligr (“matutinal”)
morginmatr (“breakfast”)
morginmál (“time of morning meal”)
morginroði (“morning-red”)
morginskin (“morning light”)
morginstjarna (“morning star”)
morginstund (“morning hour”)
morginsár (“early morning”)
morginsól (“rising sun”)
morgintími (“morning-time”)
morgintíðir (“matins”)
morginvakr (“early awake”)
morginveiðr (“morning catch”)
morginverk (“morning work”)
morgna, morna (“to become morning, dawn”)
mornan (“dawn”)

Descendants

Icelandic: morgunn
Faroese: morgun
Norwegian Nynorsk: morgon
Jamtish: morgę
Elfdalian: morgun
Old Swedish: morghin, morghon, morghan
- Swedish: morgon
Old Danish: morghæn, morwæn
- Danish: morgen
  - Norwegian Bokmål: morgen
- Scanian: marğen
Gutnish: mårgen, mårren

References

“morginn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
morginn in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
morginn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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