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Nynorn
Etymology
From Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Shetland use
- An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)
- Jakobsen, Jakob
*ek [ek], pron., I, O.N. ek; only in an old Norn fragment, the verse: Skjere, skjere skulma! ek ska(l) skjera (I shall cut) — see Introd. In the Foula-ballad (Hildina-ballad), by assimilation, “yach” and “yagh” (cf. Sw. jag). — Acc. sing., mog [mɔg, mȯg], me, O.N. mik, is preserved in the verse about the crow and the crab; cf. “moch” in the Foula-ballad. mier and mir, me, in dat. sing., O.N. mér, are found in the Foula-ballad. nom. pl.: *vi (Lord’s Prayer), we, O.N. vér, pl., and vit, dual; vi is most prob. developed from “vit”, like *di (see du, pron.) from “þit”. *vus and *wus (Lord’s Prayer), acc. dat. pl., us, O.N. oss. — Cf. min (mine), poss. pron.
Pronunciation
Alternate Forms
jag (West Shetland)
Adverb
- eg
- I (first-person singular pronoun)
Inflection
Nynorn personal pronouns | ||||||
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number | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | eg, jag | dú | hann | hún | dað | |
accusative | mog | dog | sog | hann | hana | dað |
dative | mjér | djér | sjér | hónon | henni | dí |
genitive | mín | dín | sín | hans | hennar | dess |
case | plural | plural masculine | plural feminine | plural neuter | ||
nominative | ví | dí | dir | der | de | |
accusative | vus | dor | sog | då | der | de |
dative | vus | dor | sjer | dem | dem | dem |
genitive | vóra, våra | dora | sín | derra | derra | derra |
Synonyms
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