morginn
Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *murginaz (“morning”). Cognate with Old English morġen, Old Frisian morgen, Old Saxon morgan, Old High German morgan, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins). See also Finnish murkina. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *merkʷ- (“to blink, twinkle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]morginn m (genitive morgins, plural morgnar)
- morning
- Saga Hákonar, Guttorms ok Inga 9, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IX. Copenhagen, page 21:
- […] betra þikki mér at hafa í nótt XIV skútur til bæjarins, en hálfu fleiri á myrgun.
- […] better methinks to have fourteen sailboats here at night, but a half more in the morning.
- Saga Hákonar, Guttorms ok Inga 9, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IX. Copenhagen, page 21:
Declension
[edit] Declension of morginn (strong a-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | morginn | morginninn | morgnar, mornar | morgnarnir, mornarnir |
| accusative | morgin | morgininn | morgna, morna | morgnana, mornana |
| dative | morgni, morni | morgninum, morninum | morgnum, mornum | morgnunum, mornunum |
| genitive | morgins | morginsins | morgna, morna | morgnanna, mornanna |
Derived terms
[edit]- morgindǫgg (“morning dew”)
- morgingjǫf (“bridal gift”)
- morginligr (“matutinal”)
- morginmatr (“breakfast”)
- morginmál (“time of morning meal”)
- morginroði (“morning-red”)
- morginskin (“morning light”)
- morginstjarna (“morning star”)
- morginstund (“morning hour”)
- morginsár (“early morning”)
- morginsól (“rising sun”)
- morgintími (“morning-time”)
- morgintíðir (“matins”)
- morginvakr (“early awake”)
- morginveiðr (“morning catch”)
- morginverk (“morning work”)
- morgna, morna (“to become morning, dawn”)
- mornan (“dawn”)
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: morgunn
- Faroese: morgun
- Norwegian Nynorsk: morgon
- Jamtish: morgę
- Elfdalian: morgun
- Old Swedish: morghin, morghon, morghan
- Swedish: morgon
- Old Danish: morghæn, morwæn
- Gutnish: mårgen, mårren
References
[edit]- “morginn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- morginn in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- morginn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.