sunr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.

Noun

sunr m (genitive sunar, dative syni, plural synir, accusative plural sunu)

  1. son

Declension

Declension of sunr (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sunr sunrinn synir synirnir
accusative sun suninn sunu sununa
dative syni syninum sunum sununum
genitive sunar sunarins suna sunanna

Descendants

See at sonr

Further reading

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