morginn

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *murginaz (“morning”). Cognate with Old English morġen, Old Frisian morgen, Old Saxon morgan, Old High German morgan, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins). See also Finnish murkina. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko (“to blink, twinkle”).

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

Noun

morginn m (genitive morgins, plural morgnar)

  1. morning
    • Saga Hákonar, Guttorms ok Inga 9, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IX. Copenhagen, page 21:
      […] betra þikki mér at hafa í nótt XIV skútur til bæjarins, en hálfu fleiri á myrgun.
      […] better methinks to have fourteen sailboats here at night, but a half more in the morning.

Declension
  Declension of morginn (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative morginn morginninn morgnar morgnarnir
accusative morgin morgininn morgna morgnana
dative morgni morgninum morgnum morgnunum
genitive morgins morginsins morgna morgnanna

Derived terms
  • morgindǫgg (“morning dew”)
  • morgingjǫf (“bridal gift”)
  • morginligr (“matutinal”)
  • morginmatr (“breakfast”)
  • morginmál (“time of morning meal”)
  • morginroði (“morning-red”)
  • morginskin (“morning light”)
  • morginstjarna (“morning star”)
  • morginstund (“morning hour”)
  • morginsár (“early morning”)
  • morginsól (“rising sun”)
  • morgintími (“morning-time”)
  • morgintíðir (“matins”)
  • morginvakr (“early awake”)
  • morginveiðr (“morning catch”)
  • morginverk (“morning work”)
  • morgna, morna (“to become morning, dawn”)
  • mornan (“dawn”)

Descendants

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