niðr
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *niþer, whence Old English niþer, Old High German nidar.
Adverb
niðr (not comparable)
Descendants
- Icelandic: niður
- Faroese: niður
- Norwegian: ned; (dialectal) ner, ni, nid
- Old Swedish: niþer, niþ, nedher, nedh
- Old Danish:
- Danish: ned
- Old Gutnish: niþer
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *niþjaz, cognate with Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌾𐌹𐍃 (niþjis).
Alternative forms
- ᚿᛁᚦᛧ (niþʀ) — nominative singular
Noun
niðr m
- kinsman, relative
- 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 4:
- Ok Vísburs / vilja byrði
sævar niðr / svelga knátti- And the kinsman of the sea [FIRE] / was able to swallow
the ship of will [BREAST] / of Vísburr
- And the kinsman of the sea [FIRE] / was able to swallow
- 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 4:
- ancestors; deceased men belonging to the same clan
- iðja várra niðja ― the profession of our ancestors
- son
Declension
masculine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | niðr | niðrinn | niðjar | niðjarnir |
accusative | nið | niðinn | niðja | niðjana |
dative | nið | niðinum | niðjum | niðjunum |
genitive | niðs | niðsins | niðja | niðjanna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: niður
- Old Swedish: niþiar m pl
- Old Gutnish: niþi
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “niðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 312; also available at the Internet Archive