knífr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knībaz (knife).

Noun

knífr m (genitive knífs, plural knífar)

  1. knife

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: knífur, hnífur
  • Faroese: knívur
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kniv
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kniv
  • Old Swedish: knīver
  • Danish: kniv
  • Elfdalian: knaiv
  • Gutnish: kneiv
  • Old English: cnīf
    • Modern English: knife
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