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Bjǫrn

Bjǫrn

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

Old Norse

Noun

Bjǫrn m

A male given name.

Descendants

Danish: Bjørn
Faroese: Bjørn
Icelandic: Björn

Norwegian (nynorsk): Bjørn
Swedish: Björn

bjǫrn

bjǫrn

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

Old Norse

Noun

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

bear (animal)

Declension

Declension of bjǫrn (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	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

Danish: bjørn c
Faroese: bjørn f
Icelandic: björn m

Norwegian: Bokmål bjørn m; Nynorsk bjørn, bjønn m
Swedish: björn c
Westrobothnian: bjern