morgna
Icelandic
Noun
morgna
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- menna, medna, mønne, mødna (dialectal)
Etymology
From Old Norse morgna or morna, from morgunn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²mɔrɡnɑ/, /²mɔrnɑ/
Verb
morgna (present tense morgnar, past tense morgna, past participle morgna, passive infinitive morgnast, present participle morgnande, imperative morgna/morgn)
- (impersonal) to dawn (become morning)
- to give breakfast
- Friaren vart morgna.
- The suitor stayed the night and was given breakfast.
- to eat breakfast
- Han har ikkje morgna.
- He hasn’t eaten breakfast.
- (reflexive) to become fully awake in the morning
- morgna seg ― wake up
Derived terms
- morgna seg
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmorɡ.nɑ/, [ˈmorˠɣ.nɑ]
Noun
morgna
- genitive plural of morgen
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- morna — verb
Etymology
From morginn (“morning”) + -a (“verbal ending”).
Verb
morgna
Conjugation
| infinitive | morgna | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | morgnaðr | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| present | past | present | past | ||
| 3rd-person singular | morgnar | morgnaði | morgni | morgnaði | |
Related terms
- morginn m (“morning”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: morgna
- Faroese: morgna
- Norwegian Nynorsk: morgna; (dialectal) menna, medna, mønne, mødna
- Swedish: morgna, morna
- Danish: morgne
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “morgna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
Noun
morgna