grǫn

Megleno-Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin granum. Compare Aromanian grãn, Romanian grâu.

Noun

grǫn n

  1. grain

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *granō (“awn”).

Noun

grǫn f (genitive granar, plural granar)

  1. spruce, pine tree
  2. mustache, lip

Declension

Declension of grǫn (strong ō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative grǫn grǫnin granar granarnar
accusative grǫn grǫnina granar granarnar
dative grǫn grǫninni grǫnum grǫnunum
genitive granar granarinnar grana grananna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: grön
  • Faroese: gron, grann
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gran, gron; (dialectal) grøn
  • Elfdalian: grån
  • Old Swedish: gran, græn
    • Swedish: gran c or f
  • Danish: gran c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: gran m or f
  • ⇒ Old Norse: greni

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “grön”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 175; also available at the Internet Archive
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