tjǫrn

See also: tjörn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ternō (“water hole”), perhaps related to *turnaz (“anger, fury”).

Noun

tjǫrn f (genitive tjarnar, plural tjarnir)

small lake, pond, tarn
pool

Declension

Declension of tjǫrn (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tjǫrn	tjǫrnin	tjarnir	tjarnirnar
accusative	tjǫrn	tjǫrnina	tjarnir	tjarnirnar
dative	tjǫrn	tjǫrninni	tjǫrnum	tjǫrnunum
genitive	tjarnar	tjarnarinnar	tjarna	tjarnanna

Derived terms

seftjǫrn

Descendants

Icelandic: tjörn
Faroese: tjørn
Norwegian Nynorsk: tjørn f, tjern n
Jamtish: tjern
Old Swedish: tiärn
- Swedish: tjärn
Danish: tjern
- Norwegian Bokmål: tjern
→ Middle English: terne
- English: tarn, tairn
- Scots: tarn, shon

References

Entry "tjörn" on page 439 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).

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