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Scandinavian Studies 407/408 - Old Norse-Icelandic (Fall 2024)

Declensions

               
  Definite Articles
  Singular   Plural
  Masculine Feminine Neutral   Masculine Feminine Neutral
Nom inn in it   nir nar in
Acc inn ina it   na nar in
Dat inum inni inu   num num num
Gen ins innar ins   (n)na (n)na (n)na
Note: the first -i of definite articles is used in the article suffix only when the word ends in a consonant.
               
  Strong Noun Endings
  Singular   Plural
  Masculine Feminine Neutral   Masculine Feminine Neutral
Nom -r -- --   -ar, -ir -ar, -ir --
Acc -- --, -u, -i --   -a, -i, -u -ar, -ir --
Dat -i, -- --, -u, -i -i   -um -um -um
Gen -s, -ar -ar, -ur -s   -a -a -a
 
               
  Weak Noun Endings
  Singular   Plural
  Masculine Feminine Neutral   Masculine Feminine Neutral
Nom -i -a -a   -ar -ur -u
Acc -a -u -a   -a -ur -u
Dat -a -u -a   -um -um -um
Gen -a -u -a   -a -na -na
 
               
  Strong Adjective Endings
  Singular   Plural
  Masculine Feminine Neutral   Masculine Feminine Neutral
Nom -r -- -t   -ir -ar --
Acc -an -a -t   -a -ar --
Dat -um -ri -u   -um -um -um
Gen -s -rar -s   -ra -ra -ra
Note: The final m in the dative plural is dropped when the definite is added
               
  Weak Adjective Endings
  Singular   Plural
  Masculine Feminine Neutral   Masculine Feminine Neutral
Nom -i -a -a   -u -u -u
Acc -a -u -a   -u -u -u
Dat -a -u -a   -um -um -um
Gen -a -u -a   -u -u -u
 
               
  First and Second Person Pronouns
  First Person   Second Person
  Singular Dual Plural   Singular Dual Plural
Nom ek vit vér   þú (þ)it (þ)ér
Acc mik ok(k)r oss   þik yk(k)r yðr
Dat mér ok(k)r oss   þér yk(k)r yðr
Gen mín okkar vár   þín ykkar yð(v)ar
 
               
  Third Person Pronouns
  Singular   Plural
  Masculine Feminine Neutral Reflexive Masculine Feminine Neutral
Nom hann hon þat -- þeir þær þau
Acc hann hana þat sik þá þær þau
Dat honum henni þ(v)í sér þeir(r)a þeir(r)a þeir(r)a
Gen hans hennar þess sín þeim þeim þeim
 
               
  Demonstrative Pronouns -  sá - that/those
  Singular   Plural
  Masculine Feminine Neutral   Masculine Feminine Neutral
Nom þat   þeir þær þau
Acc þann þá þat   þá þær þau
Dat þeim þeir(r)i þ(v)í   þeim þeim þeim
Gen þess þeir(r)ar þess   þeir(r)a þeir(r)a þeir(r)a
 
               
  Numbers - One and Two
  Einn - One   Tveir - Two
  Masculine Feminine Neutral   Masculine Feminine Neutral
Nom einn ein eitt   tveir tvær tvau
Acc einn eina eitt   tvá tvær tvau
Dat einum einni einu   tveim(r)  tveim(r)  tveim(r) 
Gen eins einnar eins   tveggja tveggja tveggja
 
               
  Numbers - Three and Four
  Þrír - Three   Fjórir - Four
  Masculine Feminine Neutral   Masculine Feminine Neutral
Nom þrír þrjár þrjú   fjórir fjórar fjǫgur
Acc þrjá þrjár þrjú   fjóra fjórar fjǫgur
Dat þrim(r)  þrim(r)  þrim(r)    fjórum fjórum fjórum
Gen þriggja þriggja þriggja   fjǫgurra fjǫgurra fjǫgurra