vinr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚹᛁᚾᛁᛉ (winiʀ), from Proto-Germanic *winiz (“friend; loved one”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁is, from the root *wenh₁- (“to seek, desire, love, win”). Compare Old English wine, Old Frisian wine, Old Saxon wini, Old High German wini.

Noun

vinr m (genitive vinar, plural vinir)

  1. friend

Declension

Declension of vinr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vinr vinrinn vinir vinirnir
accusative vin vininn vini vinina
dative vin vininum vinum vinunum
genitive vinar vinarins vina vinanna

Coordinate terms

  • vina f (“female friend”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: vinur
  • Faroese: vinur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ven, vin
  • Old Swedish: vin
  • Old Danish: win
    • Danish: ven
      • Norwegian Bokmål: venn
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: venn

Further reading

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