tjǫrn

See also: tjörn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ternō (“water hole”), perhaps related to *turnaz (“anger, fury”).

Noun

tjǫrn f (genitive tjarnar, plural tjarnir)

  1. small lake, pond, tarn
  2. pool

Declension

Declension of tjǫrn (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tjǫrn tjǫrnin tjarnir tjarnirnar
accusative tjǫrn tjǫrnina tjarnir tjarnirnar
dative tjǫrn tjǫrninni tjǫrnum tjǫrnunum
genitive tjarnar tjarnarinnar tjarna tjarnanna

Derived terms

  • seftjǫrn

Descendants

  • Icelandic: tjörn
  • Faroese: tjørn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjørn, tjønn, tjønn f, tjern, kjenn n
  • Jamtish: tjern
  • Old Swedish: tiärn
  • Danish: tjern
  • → Middle English: terne

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tjörn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 439; also available at the Internet Archive
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