"faðerni" meaning in Old Norse

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Noun

Etymology: Uncertain. Either from faðir + -ni, or—if closely related to Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽 (fadrein, “parents, forefather, paternal ancestry”)—from Proto-Germanic *fadrīnaz (“paternal”) + *-ją. Etymology templates: {{unc|non}} Uncertain, {{cog|got|𐍆𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽|t=parents, forefather, paternal ancestry}} Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽 (fadrein, “parents, forefather, paternal ancestry”), {{m+|gem-pro|*fadrīnaz|t=paternal}} Proto-Germanic *fadrīnaz (“paternal”) Head templates: {{head|non|noun||{{{2}}}|or|||{{{datacc}}}||{{{dative}}}||{{{3}}}|or|||{{{ap}}}|g=n|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} faðerni n, {{non-noun|n}} faðerni n Inflection templates: {{non-decl-n-ja|faðern|faðern}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=faðernin|api=faðerni|asd=faðernit|asi=faðerni|dpd=faðernunum|dpi=faðernum|dsd=faðerninu|dsi=faðerni|g=neuter|gpd=faðernanna|gpi=faðerna|gsd=faðernisins|gsi=faðernis|notes=|npd=faðernin|npi=faðerni|nsd=faðernit|nsi=faðerni|stem=strong ija-stem|title=faðerni}}, {{non-decl-cell|faðerni|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|faðernit|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|faðerni|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|faðernin|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|faðerni|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|faðernit|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|faðerni|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|faðernin|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|faðerni|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|faðerninu|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|faðernum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|faðernunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|faðernis|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|faðernisins|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|faðerna|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|faðernanna|gpd}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], faðerni [indefinite, nominative, singular], faðernit [definite, nominative, singular], faðerni [indefinite, nominative, plural], faðernin [definite, nominative, plural], faðerni [accusative, indefinite, singular], faðernit [accusative, definite, singular], faðerni [accusative, indefinite, plural], faðernin [accusative, definite, plural], faðerni [dative, indefinite, singular], faðerninu [dative, definite, singular], faðernum [dative, indefinite, plural], faðernunum [dative, definite, plural], faðernis [genitive, indefinite, singular], faðernisins [definite, genitive, singular], faðerna [genitive, indefinite, plural], faðernanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. paternity, fatherhood, paternal descent Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-faðerni-non-noun-FlmPueGf Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "faðerni"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "gmq-mno",
      "word": "faþærni"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "fäderne"
        }
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      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "fäþerne"
    },
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        {
          "lang": "Danish",
          "lang_code": "da",
          "word": "fædrene"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Danish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-oda",
      "word": "fæþrini"
    },
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      "word": "feþrni"
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      "form": "faðerni",
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "faðerninu",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "faðernum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faðernunum",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "faðernis",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "args": {
        "1": "faðerninu",
        "2": "dsd"
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        "1": "faðernis",
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        "1": "faðernanna",
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          "descent",
          "descent"
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}
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  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse neuter ija-stem nouns",
        "Old Norse neuter nouns",
        "Old Norse nouns",
        "Old Norse terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "paternity, fatherhood, paternal descent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paternity",
          "paternity"
        ],
        [
          "fatherhood",
          "fatherhood"
        ],
        [
          "paternal",
          "paternal"
        ],
        [
          "descent",
          "descent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "faðerni"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Norse dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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