árr – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of árr

Noun: árr
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.árr; ǫ́rr
Sg. Def.árrinn; ǫ́rrinn
Pl. Indef.ærir
Pl. Def.ærirnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.árar
Sg. Def.árarins
Pl. Indef.ára
Pl. Def.áranna

Dative

Sg. Indef.æri
Sg. Def.ærinum
Pl. Indef.árum; ǫ́rum
Pl. Def.árunum; ǫ́runum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.ár; ǫ́r
Sg. Def.árinn; ǫ́rinn
Pl. Indef.áru; ǫ́ru
Pl. Def.áruna; ǫ́runa

Sample Sentences

  • c. 975, Þórbjǫrn dísarskáld, Poem about Þórr, verse 1 (Thor has mightily defended Asgard together with the messengers of Ygg [GODS].)
  • Hlǫðskviða stanza 30 (ed. Neckel/Kuhn, Die Lieder des Codex Regius, 5th edition, 1983) (We ought not to harm messengers who ride alone.)

Nouns inflected like árr

árr,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *airuz. Cognate with Gothic airus (“messenger”). See: Gothic Nouns 'airus'.

Verbs referencing "árr"

Gothic Nouns 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌿𐍃.

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