Noun: ævi
Gender:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | ævi |
| Sg. Def. | ævinn |
| Pl. Indef. | ævar |
| Pl. Def. | ævarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | æva |
| Sg. Def. | ævans |
| Pl. Indef. | æva |
| Pl. Def. | ævanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | æva |
| Sg. Def. | ævanum |
| Pl. Indef. | ævum |
| Pl. Def. | ævunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | æva |
| Sg. Def. | ævann |
| Pl. Indef. | æva |
| Pl. Def. | ævana |
Sample Sentences
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þrô muna oss of ævi · eldask […] (my yearning will not fade throughout my life) [Kormákr Ǫgmundarson, lausavísa 2]
Nouns inflected like ævi
skalli,
ǫlnbogi,
regnbogi,
blakkriði,
einriði,
ǫlbogi,
ǫkvisi,
þungi,
dauði,
gráði,
lundi,
munni,
beini,
blóði,
hneri,
hlýri,
hixti,
hegri,
trýni,
iætti, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aiwį̄, from *aiwaz, *aiwiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oyus, *h₂eyus (“(allotted) lifetime”). Germanic cognates include Old English ǣ(w) (“law”), Old Frisian ēwe, Old High German ēwa (“eternity”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (aiws, “age, eternity”). Accusative singular form in Proto-Germanic *aiwį was used as an adverb meaning "ever", and thence came Old Norse æ (“ever, always”). Indo-European cognates include Latin aevum, Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn), Sanskrit आयुस् (ā́yus, “life, vital power”) and Old Armenian ոչ (očʻ, “not”). See: Old English Nouns '
æ', Gothic Nouns '
𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃', Latin Nouns '
aevum', Ancient Greek Nouns '
αἰών'.
Verbs referencing "ævi"
Faroese Nouns
ævi, Icelandic Nouns
ævi, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
æve.
Translations