sannan

Finnish

Noun

sannan

  1. genitive singular of santa

Icelandic

Adjective

sannan

  1. masculine singular accusative strong positive degree of sannur

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From sanna (“assert, proof”) +‎ -an, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōniz.

Alternative forms

  • sǫnnun

Noun

sannan f (genitive sannanar, plural sannanir)

  1. assertation, confirmation
  2. proof
Declension
Declension of sannan (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sannan sannanin sannanir sannanirnar
accusative sannan sannanina sannanir sannanirnar
dative sannan sannaninni sǫnnunum sǫnnununum
genitive sannanar sannanarinnar sannana sannananna
Derived terms
  • sannanarmaðr m (“one who vouches for another's word or oath”)
  • sannanarmark n (“evidence”)
  • sannanarorð n (“epithet”)
Descendants
  • Icelandic: sannan, sönnun
  • Faroese: sannan

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

sannan

  1. accusative singular masculine of saðr, sannr
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.