ætni

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to ætr (“edible”) and eta (“to eat”), át- +‎ -i (“abstract noun suffix; -ness”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

ætni f

  1. gluttony

Declension

Declension of ætni (weak īn-stem, singular only)
feminine singular
indefinite definite
nominative ætni ætnin
accusative ætni ætnina
dative ætni ætninni
genitive ætni ætninnar

Derived terms

  • ætnilǫstr

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ætni”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 525; also available at the Internet Archive
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