sannan

Finnish

Noun

sannan

  1. genitive singular of santa

Icelandic

Adjective

sannan

  1. masculine singular accusative strong positive degree of sannur

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From sanna (“assert, proof”) +‎ -an, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōniz.

Alternative forms
  • sǫnnun

Noun

sannan f (genitive sannanar, plural sannanir)

  1. assertation, confirmation
  2. proof
Declension
  Declension of sannan (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sannan sannanin sannanir sannanirnar
accusative sannan sannanina sannanir sannanirnar
dative sannan sannaninni sǫnnunum sǫnnununum
genitive sannanar sannanarinnar sannana sannananna
Derived terms
  • sannanarmaðr m (“one who vouches for another's word or oath”)
  • sannanarmark n (“evidence”)
  • sannanarorð n (“epithet”)
Descendants
  • Icelandic: sannan, sönnun
  • Faroese: sannan

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

sannan

  1. accusative singular masculine of saðr, sannr
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