gap – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of gap

Noun: gap
Gender: n

Nominative

Sg. Indef.gap
Sg. Def.gapit
Pl. Indef.gǫp
Pl. Def.gǫpin

Genitive

Sg. Indef.gaps
Sg. Def.gapsins
Pl. Indef.gapa
Pl. Def.gapanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.gapi
Sg. Def.gapinu
Pl. Indef.gǫpum
Pl. Def.gǫpunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.gap
Sg. Def.gapit
Pl. Indef.gǫp
Pl. Def.gǫpin

Sample Sentences

  • […] gap var ginnunga, / en gras hvergi. ([…] gap was of void, / but grass nowhere.) [Vǫluspá, verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1]
  • […] þar uar suo mikit hareyste og gap […] ([…] there was so much noise and gab […]) [Haralds saga herdráða 64, in 1868, C. R. Unger, G. Vigfússon, Flateyjarbok. Udg. efter offentlig foranstaltning, Volume 3. Christiania, page 425]

Nouns inflected like gap

gap,

Etymology

Presumably from gapa (“to gape”).

Verbs referencing "gap"

Danish Nouns gab, English Nouns gap, Swedish Nouns gap.

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