aptann

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɑɸtɑ̄nː/

Noun

aptann m (genitive aptans, plural aptnar)

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

Declension
  Declension of aptann (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative aptann aptanninn aptnar aptnarnir
accusative aptan aptaninn aptna aptnana
dative aptni aptninum ǫptnum ǫptnunum
genitive aptans aptansins aptna aptnanna

Derived terms
Terms derived from aptann
  • aptandrykkja (“evening carouse”)
  • aptankveld (“evening”)
  • aptanlangt (“all the evening”)
  • aptanskæra (“twilight”)
  • aptanstjarna (“evening star”)
  • aptansǫngr (“evensong”)
  • aptansǫngsmál (“time of evensong”)
  • aptantími (“eventide”)
  • aptna (“to become evening”)

Descendants
  • Icelandic: aftann m
  • Faroese: aftan m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: aftan m, eftan m; (dialectal) apta f, afta m, efta m
  • Swedish: afton c (Old Swedish aftan, afton, aptan)
  • Danish: aften c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: aften m

References
  • “aptann”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aptann in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • aptann in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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