bjǫrn

See also: Bjǫrn, bjørn, Bjørn, björn, and Björn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of *berô, whence also Old English beorn (“warrior”).

Noun

bjǫrn m (genitive bjarnar, dative birni, plural birnir)

  1. bear (animal)

Declension
  Declension of bjǫrn (strong u-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bjǫrn bjǫrninn birnir birnirnir
accusative bjǫrn bjǫrninn bjǫrnu bjǫrnuna
dative birni birninum bjǫrnum bjǫrnunum
genitive bjarnar bjarnarins bjarna bjarnanna

Descendants
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