akarn

See also: åkarn

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse akarn, from Proto-Germanic *akraną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛaːʰkaɻɳ/

Noun

akarn n (genitive singular akarns, plural akørn)

1. acorn (fruit of an oak)

Declension

n5	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	akarn	akarnið	akørn	akørnini
accusative	akarn	akarnið	akørn	akørnini
dative	akarni	akarninum	akørnum	akørnunum
genitive	akarns	akarnsins	akarna	akarnanna

Synonyms

• eikinøt
• eikifrukt

See also

• aldin
• eikitræ
• kastanja
• valnøt
• heslinøt
• jarðnøt
• kokusnøt
• piparnøt
• paranøt
• sólblómufræ

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse akarn, from Proto-Germanic *akraną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːkʰartn/

Noun

akarn n (genitive singular akarns, nominative plural akörn)

1. acorn (fruit of an oak)

Declension

Declension of akarn (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	akarn	akarnið	akörn	akörnin
accusative	akarn	akarnið	akörn	akörnin
dative	akarni	akarninu	akörnum	akörnunum
genitive	akarns	akarnsins	akarna	akarnanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *akraną n (“acorn”).

Noun

akarn n

1. acorn

Declension

  Declension of akarn (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	akarn	akarnit	ǫkurn	ǫkurnin
accusative	akarn	akarnit	ǫkurn	ǫkurnin
dative	akarni	akarninu	ǫkurnum	ǫkurnunum
genitive	akarns	akarnsins	akarna	akarnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: akarn
• Faroese: akarn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: åkorn
• Swedish: akarn
• Danish: agern

References

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