ǫrn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "orn"

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *arô, whence also Old English earn (English erne), Old Saxon arn.

Noun

ǫrn m (genitive arnar, dative erni, plural ernir)

eagle

Declension

Declension of ǫrn (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ǫrn	ǫrninn	ernir	ernirnir
accusative	ǫrn	ǫrninn	ǫrnu	ǫrnuna
dative	erni	erninum	ǫrnum	ǫrnunum
genitive	arnar	arnarins	arna	arnanna

ᛅᚱᚾᛁ (arni /⁠ęrni⁠/) — dative singular, Runic form

Derived terms

Arnhǫfði (“Odin”, literally “eagle-headed one”)

Descendants

Icelandic: örn
Faroese: ørn
Norwegian Nynorsk: ørn
Elfdalian: örn
Old Swedish: ørn
- Swedish: örn
Old Danish: ørn
- Danish: ørn
  - Norwegian Bokmål: ørn
- Scanian: ǫrn
Gutnish: ann, örn

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