munnr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• muðr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *munþaz (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-. Compare Old English mūþ, Old Saxon mūth, Old Frisian mūth, mund, mond, Old Dutch mund, Old High German mund, Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (munþs).

Noun

munnr m

1. mouth

Declension of munnr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	munnr	munnrinn	munnar	munnarnir
accusative	munn	munninn	munna	munnana
dative	munni	munninum	munnum	munnunum
genitive	munns	munnsins	munna	munnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: munnur
• Faroese: munnur, muður
• Norwegian Nynorsk: munn
• Old Swedish: munder
  • Swedish: mun
• Danish: mund
  • Norwegian Bokmål: munn

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “munnr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive