bjǫrn

See also: Bjǫrn, bjørn, Bjørn, björn, and Björn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bernuz, northern form of *berô, whence also Old English beorn (“warrior”).

Noun

bjǫrn m (genitive bjarnar, dative birni, plural birnir)

bear (animal)

Declension

Declension of bjǫrn (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bjǫrn	bjǫrninn	birnir	birnirnir
accusative	bjǫrn	bjǫrninn	bjǫrnu	bjǫrnuna
dative	birni	birninum	bjǫrnum	bjǫrnunum
genitive	bjarnar	bjarnarins	bjarna	bjarnanna

Descendants

Icelandic: björn m
Faroese: bjørn f
Norwegian Bokmål: bjørn m
Norwegian Nynorsk: bjørn, bjønn m
Jamtish: bjenn
Elfdalian: byönn
Old Swedish: biørn, biorn
- Swedish: björn c
Old Danish: biørn, biorn
- Danish: bjørn c
Old Gutnish: biorn
- Gutnish: bjånn
→ Proto-Samic: *piernë
- Northern Sami: bierdna
- Southern Sami: bïerne

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