aptann – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of aptann

Noun: aptann
Gender: m

Nominative

Sg. Indef.aptann
Sg. Def.aptanninn
Pl. Indef.aptnar
Pl. Def.aptnarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.aptans
Sg. Def.aptansins
Pl. Indef.aptna
Pl. Def.aptnanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.aptni
Sg. Def.aptninum
Pl. Indef.ǫptnum
Pl. Def.ǫptnunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.aptan
Sg. Def.aptaninn
Pl. Indef.aptna
Pl. Def.aptnana

Sample Sentences

  • […] þat varð til tíðinda um aptaninn síð, er myrkt var vorðit, […] ([…] it happened in the late evening, when in it was dark, […]) [Óláfs saga helga 131, in 1829, Þ. Guðmundsson, C. C. Rafn, Þ. Helgason, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IV. Copenhagen, page 308]

Nouns inflected like aptann

aptann,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs (“evening”). Cognate with Old English ǣfen, Old Frisian ēvend, Old Saxon āvand, Old Dutch avont, Old High German aband. See: Old English Nouns 'ǣfen'.

Verbs referencing "aptann"

German Nouns Abend, Old English Nouns æfen, Faroese Nouns aftan, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns aftan, Danish Nouns aften, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns aften, Swedish Nouns afton, Icelandic Nouns aftann.

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