biørn

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫrn, from Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of Proto-Germanic *berô,
probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“brown, grey”).

Noun

biørn m

  1. bear (animal)
    • swa födher gudh by som biörna
      Gamla Ordspråk. Utg. af H. Reuterdahl. 1840.

Declension

Declension of biørn (u-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative biørn biørnrin biørni(r), -e(r) biørnini(r), -ene(r)
accusative biørn biørnin biørni, -e biørnina, -ena
dative biørni, -e biørninum, -enom biørnum, -om biørnumin, -omen
genitive biørna(r) biørnsins biørna biørnanna
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