danir

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *daniz (“a Dane”).

Noun

danir m pl

  1. the Danes

Declension

Declension of danir (strong i-stem, s-genitive, plural only)
masculine plural
indefinite definite
nominative danir danirnir
accusative dani danina
dative dǫnum dǫnunum
genitive dana dananna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: Dani
  • Faroese: dani
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dane, dan
  • Old Swedish: dan, dæn
  • Danish: dan, dane (plural daner)
    • Norwegian Bokmål: dane
  • → Middle English: Dane
  • → Old Irish: danar
  • → Latin: Danī pl

Further reading

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