þénari

Old Norse

Etymology

From þéna (“to serve”) +‎ -ari.

Noun

þénari m

servant

Conjugation

Declension of þénari (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þénari	þénarinn	þénarar	þénararnir
accusative	þénara	þénarann	þénara	þénarana
dative	þénara	þénaranum	þénurum	þénurunum
genitive	þénara	þénarans	þénara	þénaranna

Descendants

Norwegian Nynorsk: tenar
Norwegian Bokmål: tjener
Swedish: tjänare c
Danish: tjener c
Westrobothnian: tjenar m

References

þénari in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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