gjarn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gjarn, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cartn/
  • Rhymes: -artn
  • Rhymes: -atn

Adjective

gjarn (comparative gjarnari, superlative gjarnastur)

  1. willing, eager, keen

Declension

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gernaz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (to yearn).

Adjective

gjarn

  1. eager, desirous
    • 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 5:
      [] þás árgjǫrn / Jóta dolgi
      Svía kind / of sóa skyldi.
      [] Then, when the harvest-eager / kin of the Swedes
      had to sacrifice / the enemy of the Jutes.
  2. (with dative) willing to follow one

Declension

Derived terms

  • árgjarn (eager for harvests)
  • fremðargjarn (eager for fame)
  • lofgjarn (eager for praise)
  • tírargjarn (eager for glory)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gjarn
  • Faroese: gjarnur
  • Old Swedish: giærn

References

  • gjarn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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