gunnr

See also: Gunnr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gunþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis (“act of killing, blow”), from *gʷʰen- (“to strike, kill”).

Noun

gunnr f (genitive gunnar, dative gunni)

  1. battle, war

Declension

Declension of gunnr (strong ijō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gunnr gunnrin gunnar gunnarnar
accusative gunni gunnina gunnar gunnarnar
dative gunni gunninni gunnum gunnunum
genitive gunnar gunnarinnar gunna gunnanna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gunnur

Further reading

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