gjarn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gjarn, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cartn/
  • Rhymes: -artn
  • Rhymes: -atn

Adjective

gjarn (comparative gjarnari, superlative gjarnastur)

  1. willing, eager, keen

Declension


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gernaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (to yearn).

Adjective

gjarn

  1. eager, desirous
  2. (with dative) willing to follow one

Declension

Descendants

References

  • gjarn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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