Icelandic

Noun

nafn n ‎(genitive singular nafns, nominative plural nöfn)

1. a name

Declension

Derived terms

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• namn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *namô ‎(“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ ‎(“name”). Cognate with Old English nama, noma, Old Frisian noma, Old Saxon namo, Old Dutch namo, Old High German namo, Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 ‎(namo).

Noun

nafn n (genitive nafns, plural nǫfn)

1. name, title

Declension

Descendants

References

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