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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *murginaz (“morning”). Cognate with Old English myrġen, morgen; 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”).
Noun
myrginn m (genitive myrgins, plural myrgnar or myrnar)
- morning
Declension
Declension of myrginn (strong a-stem)
| masculine
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singular
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plural
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| indefinite
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definite
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indefinite
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definite
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| nominative
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myrginn
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myrginninn
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myrgnar, myrnar
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myrgnarnir, myrnarnir
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| accusative
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myrgin
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myrgininn
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myrgna, myrna
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myrgnana, myrnana
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| dative
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myrgni, myrni
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myrgninum, myrninum
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myrgnum, myrnum
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myrgnunum, myrnunum
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| genitive
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myrgins
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myrginsins
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myrgna, myrna
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myrgnanna, myrnanna
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Descendants
References
- “myrginn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press