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nafni

nafni

See also: -nafni

Icelandic

Noun

nafni m (genitive singular nafna, nominative plural nafnar)

  1. a male that has the same name as another; namesake
    • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
      Krummi krunkar úti,
      kallar á nafna sinn:
      „Ég fann höfud af hrúti
      hrygg og gæruskinn.“
      Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
      krummi nafni minn.
      “Krummi croaks outside,
      calling his namesake:
      ‘I found the head of a ram,
      backbone and sheepskin.’
      Come now and peck with me,
      Krummi, my namesake.”
    Hvað segirðu gott nafni.
    How are you?

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See also

  • nafna (female equivalent)

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