hvǫnn

See also: hvonn, hvönn, and hvønn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwannō (whence also Northern Sami faddnu (“angelica”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwenHdʰ-.

Noun

hvǫnn f (genitive hvannar, plural hvannir)

angelica (genus Angelica)

Declension

Declension of hvǫnn (strong i-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hvǫnn	hvǫnnin	hvannir	hvannirnar
accusative	hvǫnn	hvǫnnina	hvannir	hvannirnar
dative	hvǫnn	hvǫnninni	hvǫnnum	hvǫnnunum
genitive	hvannar	hvannarinnar	hvanna	hvannanna

Descendants

Danish: kvan c, kvanne c
Faroese: hvonn f
Icelandic: hvönn f
Norwegian (Nynorsk): kvann f, kvanne f or m
Swedish: kvanne c, kvann c (in dialects also kvanna f)
→ Greenlandic: kuaneq

References

kvanne in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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