nafni

• IPA^(key): /ˈnapnɪ/
• Rhymes: -apnɪ

nafni m (genitive singular nafna, nominative plural nafnar)

1. a male that has the same name as another; namesake
   • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson

     Krummi krunkar úti,
     kallar á nafna sinn:
     „Ég fann höfud af hrúti
     hrygg og gæruskinn.“
     Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
     krummi nafni minn.

     “Krummi croaks outside,
     calling his namesake:
     ‘I found the head of a ram,
     backbone and sheepskin.’
     Come now and peck with me,
     Krummi, my namesake.”

   Hvað segirðu gott nafni.

   How are you?

• nafna (female equivalent)

nafni

1. indefinite dative singular of nafn

• finna

From nafn (“name”) +‎ -i.

nafni m

1. namesake

• samnafni

• Icelandic: nafni

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